Goal-based safety standards and COTS software selection

• Published in: 4th IET International Conference on System Safety 2009. Incorporating the SaRS Annual Conference p. 2A2
• Main Authors: Menon, C, McDermid, J, Hubbard, P
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Stevenage IET 2009
• Subjects: Data security; Software engineering techniques; COTS software selection; safety-critical software; goal-based safety standards; commercial off-the-shelf software; software quality; software post-purchase analysis; software standards

In this paper we examine some of the challenges associated with adequately demonstrating the safety of COTS products as required by goal-based safety standards. The safety evidence available for COTS products-if any-is sometimes of questionable quality and applicability. This paper introduces a fram...