Software / System Safety
Software can be deadly. Several well known accidents have taught this lesson the hard way. The challenge for our clients is to continually prove that the software is safe for their system and to preserve this under evolving conditions. Do you need more reasons to invest in safety? Our top-ten list of sources of safety risk will help you evaluate whether or not your system is safe to operate.
At CSL we believe that safety is a system property and we bring specialized expertise to specify, design, analyze and verify this property in your system. We have learned a lot from our interactions with different safety critical industries over the last 10 years and we apply this knowledge to any new safety project we undertake.
Safety services that our clients frequently request from us include:
- Applying or mentoring clients in our hazard analysis methodology. This methodology is at the core of our safety expertise.
- Introducing or enhancing the safety process within a systems / software engineering organization.
- Developing and establishing a Safety Culture within our clients’ organization. All of our clients recognize this as an essential need and develop training plans and initiatives to improve their competence in this area.
CSL has also helped clients with more specialized software/system safety needs such as:
- The development of software safety assessment guidelines
- The analysis of feature interaction
- The reduction of the safety footprint of a system using functional modeling
Our methodology is compatible and derived from MIL-STD-882C. We also take into account IEC 61508 and apply it when appropriate.
CSL consultants are also knowledgeable of many other safety-related standards and contributes actively to some of them.
Our approach is a hands-on approach and we want to make a significant contribution and improve the safety of the products and systems you develop and/or operate.