Securing Automobile Architectures

Electronic systems, critical from a safety viewpoint, have become commonplace in the automotive field. Examples of publicly known features are ABS/ESP and speed control. Customer requirements and Enropean regulations limiting pollutant emissions via the Enro 4, 5 and 6 standards have made electronics indispensable. In an effort to make vehicles more environmentally friendly, the move to hybrid solutions and electric vehicles caimot be done without electronics. 

As regards safety, each manufacturer is required to place only safe products on the market [...] any product which, under normal or reasonably foreseeable use, [...] does not present any risk or only risks reduced to a low level compatible with the use of the product and considered acceptable with respect to a high level of protection of the health and safety of people [... ] . But what is the state of the art Or the state of technical knowledge and industry  

Safety of Computer A rchitectures Edited by Jean-Louis Boulanger 

To answer this question, the automobile world is in the process of developing a suitable standard taken from lEC 61508 [lEC 98] ISO 26262 [ISO 08], which will define the state of die art regarding the safety of automotive electronic systems. 

Taking into account these various constraints has resulted in safety solutions for automotive electronic architectures that are very specific to this domain. 

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