Achieving Systems Safety contains papers presented at the twentieth annual Safety-critical
Systems Symposium held in Bristol UK in February 2012. The Symposium is for engineers
managers and academics in the field of system safety across all industry sectors so the
papers making up this volume offer a wide-ranging coverage of current safety topics and a
blend of academic research and industrial experience. They include both recent developments in
the field and discussion of open issues that will shape future progress. The topics covered by
the 20 papers in this volume include vulnerabilities in global navigation satellite systems
safety culture and community transport safety cyber-attacks on safety-critical systems
improving our approach to systems safety accidents assessment validation and testing safety
standards and safety levels. The book will be of interest to both academics and practitioners
working in the safety-critical systems arena.
