Safety Analysis of Automotive Embedded Systems

This paper provides an overview of the new MISRA publication, Guidelines for Safety Analysis of Vehicle-Based Programmable Systems. It describes a process which needs to be incorporated into a company's or organization's management structure so they can manage safety effectively. The MISRA Safety Process comprises two principal phases: Preliminary Safety Analysis and Detailed Safety Analysis. The former identifies what needs to be done; the latter demonstrates that it has been done correctly.