The Safety Aspect of Measuring System Trust

Abstract

AbstractDigital transformation brings opportunities to improve how engineering data is tracked and interpreted. Safety analyses, a critical aspect of engineering, are more powerful when captured directly alongside foundational system models. Integrating analyses within the authoritative source of truth provides the team current information and improved context. A model‐based safety approach is a strong first step, but more opportunities await. The value of system safety metrics data increases significantly when elevated into actionable information that decision‐makers need. This paper articulates a specific approach to obtain the software safety aspect of the system trust metric for defense systems, recommends an initial structure of a system trust metric, and identifies future steps for this topic of research. Getting safety data into the digital engineering environment is the first step toward an overall system trust metric as described in the INCOSE 2035 Systems Engineering Vision.