Comparison of Aviation and Automotive Standards and Methods in Terms of Safety and Cybersecurity

Abstract

Safety and security methods from the aviation and automotive are compared. Current safety and security standards and regulations for both product development aspects like systems engineering, hardware/software development and their management are considered. Methods and processes are investigated. The main purpose is to figure out and understand the backgrounds and to characterize the similarities and differences. Moreover, potential opportunities for transferring methods from one industry to another are identified. Aviation has more systematic development and involves authorities throughout the complete development lifecycle. Huge volumes in automotive leads to quality-driven development. Assessment structure and process activities provide potential transfer. For security both areas face same challenges and standardization activities and development run parallel. Methods are being mainly taken over from safety and assessment is incorporated into the safety assessment lifecycle today. For certification process, authorities must take action in both areas since the security ecosystem includes a bigger scope like infrastructure, communication devices, traffic control.