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The club publishes its newsletter Safety Systems three times a year in February, June and October. The newsletter is distributed to paid-up members and can be made available in electronic form for inclusion on corporate members' intranet sites.
The proceedings of the annual symposium, held each February since 1993, are published in book form. Since 2013 copies can be purchased from Amazon.
The club publishes the Safety-critical Systems eJournal (ISSN 2754-1118) containing high-quality, peer-reviewed articles on the subject of systems safety.
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This document was written by the Data Safety Initiative Working Group (DSIWG), which is convened under the auspices of the SCSC. The document supports the DSIWG's vision, which is to have clear guidance that reflects emerging best practice on how data (as distinct from software and hardware) should be managed in a safety-related context. In this version a number of clarifications and usability enhancements have been incorporated within the document. It was formally released at SSS’19, 5-7 February 2019.
The main changes since the last edition are described on the "Change History" page of the Guidance document. In addition:
Data, as distinct from software and hardware, has been a contributing factor in many accidents and incidents. The impact of data-related issues continues to grow as we rely moer and more on data-driven systems.
The inclusion of data as a potential cause of harm is a crucial part of a thorough safety assessment. Explicitly considering data in this way also provides additional business and societal benefist including reduced harm, reduced commercial liabilities and improved business efficiencies.
The book has been developed by the SCSC Data Safety Initiative Working group (DSIWG), a cross-sector groups set up to address the challenges of data safety. It provides guidance on how data should be managed in a safety-related context.
During 2018, feedback was received from four data safety courses and the application of version 3.0 of the Guidance to a real aviation problem, involving the safety of Unmanned Air Vehicles. As a result of this feedback, a number of clarifications and usability enhancements have been incorporated within the document. However, all paragraph numbers remain consistent with version 3.0. This release should therefore not be seen as a new version of the Guidance, but rather as an improved version of 3.0.