Current challenges and methodological issues of functional safety and security management in hazardous technical systems

The aim of this article is to identify problems of the risk assessment of the electric / electronic / programmable electronic (E/E/PE) systems concentrating on the functional safety and security aspects. These aspects should be considered in an integrated way in the system life cycle. The role of functional safety solutions is effective reducing the risk from unacceptable level. The risk is defined as a combination of the probability of occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm. Security is concerned with the protection of assets including the E/E/PE systems or safety instrumented systems (SISs) from potential threats including cyber attacks. This article deals with current challenges and methodological issues of integrating the functional safety and security aspects of the programmable systems’ operation for the control and protection of hazardous industrial systems.