Will safety-security co-engineering pay off? A quality and cost perspective in two case studies

Imanol Urretavizcaya, Jabier Martinez, Giuseppe Satriani, Alejandra Ruiz, Ricardo Ruiz Nolasco, Antonio Gonzalez, Isaac Moreno, Abel Balbis

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Abstract

Safety and Security concerns are usually interlinked while building critical software-intensive systems of systems. Several efforts try to approach both domains of expertise to increase the overall reliability of the systems and reduce costs by an earlier detection of issues and trade-offs. Despite the growing number of co-engineering practices at different life-cycle stages, there is a lack on business justifications such as economic costs of their adoption. We report on using a cost model to evaluate the convenience (or not) of adopting co-engineering practices in two industrial case studies (space and medical devices). Simulation results with the collected data suggest an improvement in quality if any of the selected co-engineering practices are integrated while cost increases in one case but reduces in the other. We discuss the results but, as they cannot be generalized, the main contribution is on proposing the cost model for answering the title's question.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2021 IEEE/ACM Joint 9th International Workshop on Software Engineering for Systems-of-Systems and 15th Workshop on Distributed Software Development, Software Ecosystems and Systems-of-Systems, SESoS/WDES 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages8-15
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781665445610
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2021
EventJoint 9th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Software Engineering for Systems-of-Systems and 15th Workshop on Distributed Software Development, Software Ecosystems and Systems-of-Systems, SESoS/WDES 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 3 Jun 2021 → …

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2021 IEEE/ACM Joint 9th International Workshop on Software Engineering for Systems-of-Systems and 15th Workshop on Distributed Software Development, Software Ecosystems and Systems-of-Systems, SESoS/WDES 2021

Conference

ConferenceJoint 9th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Software Engineering for Systems-of-Systems and 15th Workshop on Distributed Software Development, Software Ecosystems and Systems-of-Systems, SESoS/WDES 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period3/06/21 → …

Keywords

  • Error Management Compass
  • co engineering
  • cost model
  • safety
  • security

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