A safety-critical system or safety-involved system is one whose failure may cause death or injury to people, harm to the environment, or substantial economic loss. such as aviation, railway, and automotive, such systems are typically subject to a rigorous safety assessment process.
Examples of safety-critical systems
- Aerospace, Spaceflight Systems
- Defense Systems
- Aviation, Airborne Systems
- Automotive, Vehicles Systems
- Railways Systems
- Energy, Nuclear, Oil and Gas Production Systems
- Medical Devices, Life support Systems
- Manufacturing, Industry Infrastructure, machinery Systems
Some of Standards for safety-critical systems used as reference in Software Quality Engineering and Testing:
- IEC 61508: Functional Safety of Electrical/Electronic/Programmable Electronic Safety-related Systems
- DO-178C: Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification
- ISO 26262: Road vehicles — Functional safety
- IEC 62279: Railway applications - Communication, signalling and processing systems - Software for railway control and protection systems
- IEC 61513: Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control Systems important to safety
- IEC 62304: Medical device software — Software life cycle processes
- IEC 61511: Safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector
- IEC 62061: Safety of machinery - Functional safety of safety-related control systems
