The embedded world Conference covers nine subject areas. We present the topics in loose sequence. Part 4: Safety and security.

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Current legislative initiatives such as the European Cyber Resilience Act, as well as attacks by state and non-state actors on IT infrastructures and networked embedded systems, make it clear that the topic of embedded safety and security has lost none of its explosive nature and continues to be a thematic focus of the conference.

In the conference program on Tuesday and Wednesday, four tracks will deal with the presentation of innovative technical solutions and methods for safety and security architectures. The presentation "A Comparative Study of Sector Approaches to Safety and Security" by Dr. Robert Oates (BlackBerry QNX) promises a recommendable overview.

The topic of open source has always played an important role in the field of embedded development. It is therefore not surprising that it is also playing an increasingly important role in the field of safety and security. In particular, the use of embedded Linux is an essential building block for many security projects. But what about Linux with safety? Is it even possible to qualify such complex systems?

The use of formal methods to prove the absence of errors, for a long time a purely research topic, is slowly growing out of its infancy and the first promising static analysis approaches will be presented in Session 4.4
Formal Methods.

The European Resilience Act and its impact on the security lifecycle of future product developments is the focus of the third day. In two sessions, experts will present the planned innovations and show what additional security requirements will result from them and what this means for product architecture and day-to-day project work.

If you would like to delve even deeper into the topics, we recommend the following classes: The class "Functional Safety Standards IEC 61508, IEC 61511, ISO 26262, ISO 13849 - What are the Basics and What are the Differences?" by Dr. Ingo Rolle provides an overview of the most important safety standards and explains their implementation in projects.

The half-day workshop "Connecting the Dots - Challenges and Solutions to Build Microcontroller-Based Projects in Compliance to Functional Safety Standards" by Alessandro Bastoni continues in a deeply embedded way, offering participants a solid insight into the architecture development of safety applications on embedded controllers.