Curated Automotive Insights
This library brings together SRES insights on the standards, engineering practices, and emerging developments that shape secure, responsible, and safe vehicle development.
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Standards Deep Dives
These resources examine the standards, concepts, and relationships that shape automotive functional safety, cybersecurity, SOTIF, and AI safety.
A three-part walkthrough of ISO/PAS 8800, beginning with the standard’s clauses, objectives, and essential work products, then progressing through AI and dataset lifecycles and AI safety requirements. The series explains how ISO/PAS 8800 builds on ISO 26262 and ISO 21448 for AI-enabled automotive systems.
ISO/SAE 21434: Why Implement TARA for ADS Systems?
An examination of why Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment remains important for automated driving systems and how cybersecurity must be considered alongside functional and autonomy safety.
Demystifying SOTIF Acceptance Criteria and Validation Targets
A four-part series on ISO 21448 that explores how organizations can define, justify, and demonstrate what “safe enough” means for ADAS and ADS. It covers acceptance criteria, validation targets, risk-reduction frameworks, and the relationship between high-level safety objectives and validation effort.
VDA 450: Vehicle Power Distribution and Functional Safety
A two-part resource on low-voltage vehicle power supply and distribution, including why predictable power behavior, redundancy, and independence are increasingly important for EVs and automated vehicles.
An explanation of the important connections between ISO 21448 and ISO 26262. It examines how their hazard concepts, analyses, and system-level safety arguments differ and where functional-safety work can support effective SOTIF development.
Interplay between ISO 21448 and ISO/PAS 8800 for Autonomous Systems
A focused comparison of the roles ISO 21448 and ISO/PAS 8800 play in autonomous-system safety, including the relationship between functional insufficiencies, triggering conditions, and AI-specific safety considerations.
The FMEA and ISO 26262 Relationship
An in-depth look at how FMEA relates to ISO 26262 across system, hardware, and software development, including the distinct roles of FMEA, FMEDA, safety-oriented software analysis, and FMEA-MSR.
Engineering Methods and Practical Application
Standards establish expectations; engineering methods turn them into requirements, analyses, safety mechanisms, test activities, and defensible evidence.
ISO 26262 Challenges for ADS: Item Definition and HARA
A practical discussion of challenges in applying ISO 26262 to SAE Level 4 ADS without human fallback, including item definition, controllability, functional decomposition, fail-operational design, minimal-risk conditions, and end-to-end AI architectures.
From UCAs to Test Scenarios: Building a Coherent Validation Pipeline for AVs
A walkthrough of connecting STPA, Unsafe Control Actions, operational design domains, and the ISO 3450x scenario standards to derive a traceable validation pipeline for automated driving systems.
Quantitative Analysis for Multi-Point Failures
A technical explanation of simultaneous and ordered failures in redundant automotive safety architectures. It connects the underlying calculations to ISO 26262 PMHF targets and to diagnostic and service intervals.
Beyond TARA: How STPA Strengthens Automotive Cybersecurity
An exploration of how Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis can complement TARA by identifying unsafe control actions in software-driven vehicle systems.
An examination of how fail-over and parallel redundancy architectures shape system behavior, latent-failure risk, and safety arguments for functions that must continue operating.
Building Defensible AI Assurance Arguments in ISO/PAS 8800
An introduction to structuring traceability and assurance arguments across the machine-learning lifecycle, helping teams connect AI development activities to the evidence needed to support a defensible safety case.
From Evidence to Argument: Using GSN to Structure AV Safety Cases
An introduction to Goal Structuring Notation and how it can help autonomous vehicle teams organize evidence into clear, traceable, and defensible safety arguments.
Is the SW-FMEA Busywork? – A SW-FMEA Guide and SW-FMEA Example
A guide and practical traction-inverter example showing how software FMEA can be applied to safety-related software architecture, fault models, and safety mechanisms within ISO 26262 development.
An examination of common FMEDA pitfalls and the importance of sound assumptions, correct failure-rate data, diagnostic coverage, and meaningful interpretation of quantitative results.
High Voltage Electrical Safety – Designing in Layers of Protection
An overview of the layers of protection used to manage electrical-safety risk in high-voltage automotive systems, including physical, sneak-circuit, E/E, and process protections.
Emerging Standards and Industry Updates
Automotive standards and expectations continue to evolve as vehicles become more connected, autonomous, and AI-enabled. These resources provide context for teams following those changes.
ISO 26262 Edition 3: Standardization Timing, Vocabulary, and Management of Functional Safety and ISO 26262 Edition 3: Part 3 and Part 4 – Item and System Level
A two-part series examining proposed ISO 26262 Edition 3 updates, including evolving terminology, management of functional safety, item- and system-level changes, and new ADS and SOTIF considerations.
Understanding ISO Standards: Development Process and Publication Types
A guide to how ISO standards progress from proposal through publication, including the differences among International Standards, Technical Specifications, Publicly Available Specifications, and Technical Reports.
How Does ISO 26262 Address Open Source Software?
An examination of open-source software in the context of ISO 26262 and ISO/PAS 8926, including considerations for pre-existing software architectural elements as automotive development practices evolve.
Expert Perspectives and Fireside Chats
This section brings together SRES perspectives and technical conversations on evolving automotive safety challenges. The fireside chats feature SRES partners Jody Nelson, Gokul Krithivasan, and Bill Taylor alongside special guests.
SRES Fireside Chat: Validation and Data in AI-Driven Systems
A discussion on building confidence in AI-driven, safety-critical systems when behavior is learned from data rather than fully specified through conventional rules.
Certificate vs. Certification in ISO 26262 Assessments and Audits
A companion perspective on the distinction between certificates and certification in the context of product assessments and audits, including the role of ISO/IEC 17065.
Certificate vs. Certification in ISO 26262 Training
A practical explanation of the difference between completing a training course and obtaining a personnel certification, and why that distinction matters when selecting ISO 26262 training.
What Auditors Really Look For: A Fireside Chat on ISO/PAS 8800 and Its Next Evolution
A conversation on AI safety auditing under ISO/PAS 8800, challenges for machine-learning systems, and considerations for organizations preparing for the standard’s next evolution.
AI Everywhere: Balancing Innovation and Safety in the Age of Intelligent Tools
A fireside chat on the use of AI-powered engineering tools in automotive development, including where they can create value and where expert oversight and responsible use remain essential.
Is Artificial General Intelligence Required for Safe Autonomous Vehicles?
A discussion of whether safe autonomous vehicles depend on artificial general intelligence, or whether specialized AI systems can support safe deployment when developed and assured responsibly.
Autonomous Vehicles and Explainable AI (XAI): A Fresh Look
A perspective on the role and limitations of explainability in autonomous vehicles, and how standards such as ISO/PAS 8800 and ISO/IEC 42001 can support a more disciplined approach to AI assurance.
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This page highlights selected automotive resources rather than every SRES Insight. For the complete archive, explore SRES Insights or browse by topic: Functional Safety · Autonomous Systems · Cybersecurity · Responsible AI · Electric Mobility · VideosFor support applying these concepts to a specific product, organization, or development program, explore SRES Automotive Consulting and Automotive Training.
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