As more automation rolls out and new software applications become a more critical part of our lives, the impact of failures increases. Safety is a critical attribute and one of the definitions of a safe system is that it has dynamic non-events. Whatever happens to it, it still works. I will discuss the new view of safety, as the ability to build systems that maintain a margin, and how to think about measuring safety and availability of critical systems.

Adrian Cockcroft, Vice President Cloud Architecture Strategy, Amazon Web Services Adrian Cockcroft has had a long career working at the leading edge of technology, and is fascinated by what happens