MOSA and Face: Putting Reusable Safe and Secure Software into Practice

Considering the rapid pace of technological innovation, and understanding that most of this innovation is realized through software, it’s imperative that MOSA aligned standards for software development and verification also support compliance with safety and security best practices. The Future Airborne Capability Environment^® (FACE) Technical Standard is one of the foremost MOSA aligned standards designed to promote portability and create software product lines across the military aviation domain. This paper will present several ways the FACE Technical Standard and Approach, together with complementary software safety/software security standards and best practices, support the development of reusable safe and secure software.