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> similar to what is required for FDA medical devices Given how often we hear about gaping security holes in all sorts of medical devices, that doesn't seem li
by kijin 12y ago
> similar to what is required for FDA medical devices
Given how often we hear about gaping security holes in all sorts of medical devices, that doesn't seem like a particularly high standard.
Does anyone know whether Boeing and Airbus have higher standards for software quality?
- EpicEng 12y agoWell, I've spent the last decade designing FDA cleared systems (class I and class III), and I can tell you that it is. That doesn't mean that mistakes aren't made, and it doesn't mean that you can't outright lie in documentation. There's no way the FDA could catch that short of replicating all of your V&V. However, most of us aren't trying to cheat, and I can tell you that the amount of engineering rigor that goes into a medical device is leagues beyond what most software devs have ever been a part of. At my company we don't hire "developers"; we hire engineers who have programming in their toolbox. Medical software screwups are high profile. You don't hear about every bug that the next "disruptive startup" lets into the wild.