Explore how AI safety requirements are developed in ISO/PAS 8800, including system design, input space refinement, and AI verification and validation...

ISO/PAS 8800 walkthrough (Part 2) covering the AI safety and dataset lifecycles, including requirements, design, implementation, verification, and validation.

Learn how redundancy architecture shapes system behavior, including fail-over vs parallel designs, latent failures, and real-world safety considerations.

Learn why engineers working closest to safety and compliance standards — often the most skeptical of general-purpose AI tools — may actually be best positioned...

Learn how ISO/PAS 8800 enables certification and audit activities — including applications beyond automotive.

Learn how ISO/PAS 8800 introduces structured dataset governance, validation strategy, and statistical assurance to support defensible AI safety arguments in...

This article introduces our ISO/PAS 8800 Walkthrough series, beginning with a structured overview of the...

Learn how ISO/PAS 8800 extends ISO 26262 and SOTIF to introduce structured traceability into the machine learning lifecycle and enable defensible AI assurance...

Learn how SRES tailors advanced safety trainings—bridging the gap between standards like ISO 26262, SOTIF, and ISO 8800, and the real-world systems engineering...

This article was written by an SRES functional safety expert and examines why software failures are treated as...

Explore the major ISO 26262 Edition 3 updates affecting item-level and system-level development, including new terminology, reorganized clauses, and changes to...

Humanoid robot safety is becoming an urgent topic as robots shift from controlled factory floors into shared human environments. As humanoids gain mobility,...

Learn how to choose between public, private, and customized training formats — and how each helps teams build deeper, more consistent expertise in standards...

Learn the difference between ISO 26262 certificates and certifications. Why it matters, what the standard requires, and how to choose the correct training.

SRES Senior Consultant Johannes Hoffmann shares early insights into ISO 26262 Edition 3, including proposed updates to terminology and functional safety...

Learn how VDA 450 defines power distribution safety, functional safety requirements and fail-operational design for automated driving systems.

This follow-up to our SW-FMEA guide shows a complete example using inverter architecture, helping teams apply software safety analysis in practice.

Learn how VDA 450 defines LV net voltage ranges for vehicle power supply, improving safety and functional design for EV and ICE vehicles.

As of October 17, 2024, the ISO/PAS 8800 standard went under publication. Generally, it takes 7 weeks from this time for the standard to be released.

Explore how SW-FMEA strengthens software architecture analysis, mitigates safety risks, and supports ISO 26262 compliance through a systematic approach.

SOTIF and Functional Safety are distinct but have key areas of overlap. Understanding these connections can make applying SOTIF less daunting.

Learn how to write precise, verifiable requirements by using clear language, removing ambiguity, and ensuring consistency across technical teams.

Explore the requirements hierarchy: how many levels are reasonable, their relationships, and the value of bidirectional traceability.

Discover how FMEA and ISO 26262 align to improve system, hardware, and software safety in automotive engineering.

“Show me the requirements!” is a ubiquitous refrain in systems, safety, and security engineering. Requirements are the basic foundation of most...

There are countless debates whether Artificial Intelligence is really “intelligent”, and then what “intelligent” really means. Some of these debates gravitate...

The ISO/IEC 5469:2024 standard was released in January of 2024, and, unlike ISO/CD PAS 8800, it is not specific to just automotive.

In functional safety we consider risks stemming from two main buckets of failures: systematic and random hardware failures. Systematic failures are faults...

Discover the layers of protection needed for automotive high voltage systems, including key safety standards like FMVSS 305 and ISO 26262. Learn how these...

We previously wrote about updates on the Third Edition of the ISO 26262 Standard. One of the updates included the additional topic of using pre-existing...

The world of standards in the automotive autonomous vehicle industry is continually changing, at least relative to more stable standards in functional safety...

Although in fall of 2023 the preparation for the Third Edition of the ISO 26262 standard started, don’t expect an official release until sometime in Q2 of...

As you have seen in the news on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, the California Department of Motor Vehicles issued a suspension of General Motors’ Cruise autonomous...

One cool fall afternoon in Minnesota, as we were just finishing up football practice during my sophomore year...

At SRES we not only support functional safety, autonomy safety and cybersecurity, but we promote and are evangelists for responsible development. Being...

Whether you are working in safety, security, AI or other disciplines, it is critical that you show compliance of standards and regulations to your customers...

When conducting the FMEDA for the quantitative analysis, it is required to calculate the PMHF. There are formulas provided in the ISO 26262:2018 standard,...

Although we commonly think of the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards as our leading guidance for industrial cybersecurity, it is actually a very horizontal...

Although documentation might be one of the least favorite activities for an engineer, it is extremely critical when we talk about safety, security and...

In this video we discuss why Safety Analysis, such as an FMEA in ISO 26262, should not include RPN values that have been traditionally used in automotive...