SRES SafeStack | February 2026
SRES SafeStack is a monthly newsletter from SecuRESafe (SRES) featuring insights on functional safety, cybersecurity, autonomy, and AI across mobility and robotics—plus technical blogs, training opportunities, and SRES news.
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Bridging Functional Safety and AI Assurance in Practice
As organizations begin applying ISO/PAS 8800 in real systems, they’re discovering that auditing AI safety isn’t just about model performance — it’s about how data is collected, documented, and traced through the lifecycle, and how safety arguments are constructed around that data. While ISO 26262 and SOTIF provide a foundation for safety in automotive, the non-deterministic nature of machine learning exposes new assurance challenges that traditional frameworks weren’t designed to address.
One of the most complex areas is demonstrating safety when outcomes can’t be fully predicted or tested exhaustively. This raises questions not only about test coverage, but about the evidentiary role of datasets, the maturity of organizational safety culture, and the integration of explainability into assurance cases. As safety standards begin evolving to account for these realities, so too must the mindset of developers, safety engineers, and auditors.
Another emerging challenge is aligning internal development workflows with auditor expectations. While traditional functional safety audits tend to focus on process adherence and traceability, AI systems introduce subjectivity in labeling, variability in training data, and opacity in model decision-making. ISO/PAS 8800 begins to formalize expectations around these elements, but implementation requires teams to rethink how evidence is generated and validated — particularly for datasets and non-deterministic behaviors. This shift is not just technical but cultural, demanding cross-functional alignment between data science, safety engineering, and systems assurance.
In our upcoming fireside chat, Eduard Dojan (SGS‑TÜV Saar) will join SRES partners Jody Nelson, Gokul Krithivasan, and Bill Taylor to explore how these issues are playing out in practice — and how ISO/PAS 8800 is evolving toward its next edition.
📆 February 26 | 12pm EST / 6pm CET
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🚘 Upcoming Trainings: Functional Safety, SOTIF & AISP
ISO 26262, Functional Safety Training | February 9-12, 2026
Gain a complete understanding of the ISO 26262 standard and its practical application across the full safety lifecycle. This four-day live virtual course, led by SRES automotive safety experts, combines real-world examples, exercises, and discussion to help teams build confidence in developing and assessing safety-critical systems.
Attendees have the option to take the Automotive Functional Safety Professional (AFSP) certificate exam, accredited by SGS-TÜV Saar, following the course.
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ISO 21448, Safety Of The Intended Functionality (SOTIF) Training | February 24–26, 2026
Learn how to apply ISO 21448 to identify functional insufficiencies, reduce unknown risks, and ensure safety in the absence of system faults. This three-day live virtual course, led by SRES automotive safety experts, focuses on practical strategies for integrating SOTIF with ISO 26262 in the development of ADAS and automated systems.
Attendees have the option to take the SOTIF Professional (SOTIFPRO) certificate exam, accredited by SGS-TÜV Saar, following the course.
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ISO 8800, AI-Safety Professional (AISP) Training | March 10–12
This three-day certification course equips participants to address the unique assurance challenges AI introduces in safety-critical automotive systems. It begins with foundational AI concepts, then builds toward how existing automotive safety standards like ISO 26262 and ISO 21448 can be extended using frameworks developed specifically for AI, including ISO/PAS 8800, ISO TS 5083, ISO/IEC 42001, and ISO/IEC TR 5469.
Attendees have the option to take the AISP (AI-Safety Professional) certificate exam, accredited by SGS-TÜV Saar, following the course.
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🧠 New Technical Blogs
CES Wrap-Up 2026: The Humanoid Robot Safety Question
This year’s CES was packed with humanoid robots performing increasingly complex tasks in close proximity to people. But most safety strategies still rely on keeping robots separated or slowed to a crawl. As robots begin operating at human speed in shared spaces, current safety approaches fall short. This post explores the real gaps and offers two concrete proposals—drawing from SOTIF and emerging standards—to help close them.
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From Evidence to Argument: Using GSN to Structure AV Safety Cases
How do you turn raw test logs into a compelling case for autonomous vehicle safety?
This post breaks down how Goal Structuring Notation (GSN) helps developers align with standards like ISO 5083, ISO 15026, and UL 4600—by transforming scattered evidence into structured, auditable safety arguments. We cover GSN fundamentals, compare it to CAE and assurance cases, and share a 5-layer method SRES uses to keep safety cases scalable and maintainable.
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From Standards to Systems: How SRES Tailors Safety Training for Real-World Teams
Certificate trainings are a strong foundation—but what if your team needs more?
This article explores how SRES bridges the gap between safety standards and real-world systems with tailored workshops across ISO 26262, SOTIF, ISO 8800, and AI safety. Built by practicing engineers and aligned to your tools, architectures, and maturity goals, these sessions go beyond knowledge transfer to help teams build, assess, and ship safer systems.
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Thanks for reading this February edition of SafeStack. We’re glad to be back in your inbox with new insights as the year picks up pace — and we’re looking forward to continuing the conversation as standards, systems, and safety practices evolve.
We hope you’ll join us for the February 26th Fireside Chat on ISO 8800, and as always, you can follow us on LinkedIn to stay connected between issues.
