QA&TEST Saf Sec — QA&TEST Safety and Security

Nowadays there are many conferences whose topic is cybersecurity but QA&TEST Safety and Security is not a cybersecurity conference but addresses a specific problem that is essential if we want to develop “smart” solutions (Smart energy, Smart connected car …) such as the aspects of Safety and Security. In most cases these two terms are treated as separate disciplines and the approach to both concepts or requirements is also done separately, with different teams involved in different phases of system development. The integration of both factors is not sufficiently explored or considered. In fact, measures adopted to mitigate risks that affect safety can be contradictory with security requirements and vice versa. Currently it is not easy to access methodologies, techniques, tools or standards that allow us to effectively face the technical, regulatory, organizational and market challenges that such integration demands and thus, as a result of this reflection, the QA&TEST Safety and Security conference was born last year, with the aim of offering our attendees a meeting point between professionals from different sectors to have access to the approaches and good practices in the different sectors, with the ultimate aim of being able to develop more competitive and robust solutions for the market with controlled levels of effort and cost.