If you’re going to be in Europe in September, I’ll be speaking at the EuroAsiaSPI2 2016 conference in Graz, Austria on September 15th.
EuroAsiaSPI2 is also known as European & Asian System, Software & Service Process Improvement & Innovation. The EuroAsiaSPI² conference presents and discusses results from systems, software and services process improvement and innovation or SPI projects in industry and research, focusing on the gained benefits and the criteria for success. This year’s event is the 21st of a series of conferences to which international researchers and professionals contribute their lessons learned and share their knowledge as they work towards the next higher level of software management professionalism.
I’ll be speaking on Software Safety and Security through Standards
Abstract:
Software has moved from the desktop in just about everything we touch. From smart thermostats to infusion pumps to cars software is pervasive and growing. These so-called “things” from the Internet-of-Things are increasingly carrying more logic and with it a larger risk of failure. Many of these devices are using in safety critical areas such as medical and automotive where they have a particular potential for bodily harm.
Most companies that have been building devices rightly view current software development as an almost insane group of cowboys and chaos. But there is hope, software CAN and MUST be treated an engineering practice. Coding standards move us from the build, fail, fix cycle back into a design, build, deliver cycle with high quality, safety, and security.
As it turns out, these same standards also provide benefits in the areas of cybersecurity, doing double duty. We will explore how standards help us move from finding bugs to building more robust software, how to prevent problems in the first place by proper coding, and how to leverage the efforts of others by using common accepted industry standards such as MISRA to achieve this goal.
To attend you can register here.