IEC 61508: Safe Failure Fraction (SFF) and Diagnostic Coverage
- Date
- 2027-12-07
- Location
- Online
- Host
- IEC 61508 (Functional Safety)
About this event
If you work with functional safety, you already know that Safe Failure Fraction (SFF) and Diagnostic Coverage can quickly become confusing once you move beyond the textbook definition and into real design and assessment decisions. This online session is built to make those concepts clearer, more practical, and easier to discuss with confidence—whether you are reviewing architectures, interpreting IEC 61508 requirements, or trying to understand how these metrics affect safety integrity claims. What Is This? This is a focused virtual meetup and discussion session centered on two core IEC 61508 topics: Safe Failure Fraction (SFF) and Diagnostic Coverage. Rather than treating them as abstract compliance terms, the event will look at how they are used in practice and why they matter when evalua
Who should attend
This is for people who want a more solid, usable understanding of SFF and Diagnostic Coverage—not just definitions, but how these ideas matter in real safety work. - You work with **functional safety**, **IEC 61508**, or related standards and want clearer understanding of how these concepts are interpreted and applied. - You are a **design, systems, hardware, or reliability engineer** who needs to connect diagnostic thinking with safety architecture decisions. - You review, write, or rely on **safety documentation** and want to be more confident when reading claims tied to SFF or Diagnostic Coverage. - You are involved in **assessment, verification, validation, or compliance discussions** and need sharper language for asking technical questions and spotting weak assumptions. - You are newer to these topics and want a setting that helps you build practical understanding without needing to already be an expert. - You value **community and technical discussion** and want to hear how other professionals think about the same challenges in a virtual meetup format.