ISO 26262

ISO 26262 is a Functional Safety standard , titled "Road vehicles -- Functional safety".

This standard is an adaptation of the Functional Safety standard IEC 61508 for Automotive Electric/Electronic Systems.

ISO 26262:

• Provides an automotive safety lifecycle (management, development, production, operation, service, decommissioning) and supports tailoring the necessary activities during these lifecycle phases.
• Covers functional safety aspects of the entire development process (including such activities as requirements specification, design, implementation, integration, verification, validation, and configuration).
• Provides an automotive-specific risk-based approach for determining risk classes (Automotive Safety Integrity Levels, ASILs).
• Uses ASILs for specifying the item's necessary safety requirements for achieving an acceptable residual risk.
• Provides requirements for validation and confirmation measures to ensure a sufficient and acceptable level of safety is being achieved.^[1]

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