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Sociotechnical Safety Cases and Compliance

publish date: 2026/10/04 04:06:9.155158 UTC

Which of the following elements are necessary when demonstrating system-level safety to a industry regulator?

Ensuring compliance applies to the entire sociotechnical system rather than just the software element.

Bypassing regulatory certification if the software development costs exceed hardware costs.

Developing a detailed safety case showing rules and regulations have been followed.

Providing non-software alternative safety mechanisms in case the primary software protection fails.

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 9th edition