Test safe behavior in unusual conditions as well as: Which evaluation is most appropriate?
Security protects against hostile interference; safety requires dependable non-harmful behavior, so both evaluations are necessary.
The question
A software procurement team finds that a vendor’s maintenance model resists unauthorized access, yet it occasionally recommends unsafe configuration changes during unusual operating conditions. The contract requires both protection against attacks and dependable safe behavior. Which evaluation is most appropriate?
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- Test safe behavior in unusual conditions as well as resistance to unauthorized access. ✓Security concerns protection against interference, while safety concerns harmful behavior during operation; both contractual requirements need evaluation.
- Approve the model because its access controls address the principal procurement risk.Resistance to unauthorized access addresses security, but it does not establish safe behavior during unusual operating conditions.
- Treat the safety issue as secondary because administrators can monitor the model’s recommendations.Monitoring may reduce exposure, but it does not satisfy the stated requirement for dependable safe behavior.
- Reject the model solely because its security and safety evidence were assessed as separate properties.Separate assessment is appropriate because security and safety are distinct characteristics; the issue is insufficient safety performance, not their separation.
The trap
Security asks whether the system withstands interference; safety asks whether operation causes unacceptable harm. How to remember it
Security protects against hostile interference; safety requires dependable non-harmful behavior, so both evaluations are necessary.
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