Functional Safety

Risk Reduction Factor (RRF)

In Functional Safety and SIL assessment, the Risk Reduction Factor (RRF) serves as a key parameter metric, providing a quantitative measure of how much risk must be mitigated to achieve

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Safe Failure Fraction (SFF)

Safe failure fraction is an arbitrary metric used within IEC 61508 (and other guidance) in order to set architectural rules (or constraints). This is a metric based on diagnostic coverage.

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Understanding the Risk Receptors

Understanding Risk Receptors: Safeguarding People, Environment, and Assets In process safety, the concept of a risk receptor plays a pivotal role in identifying and mitigating potential hazards. A risk receptor

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Random and Systematic Failures

The safety lifecycle approach recognizes that there are two fundamentally different ways in which the SIS can fail to perform its intended function. These are known as random and systematic

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