Technology Assessment of Software-Intensive Critical Infrastructures - A Research Perspective
Carsten Orwat
Verlässliche Software für kritische Infrastrukturen at INFORMATIK 2011 - Informatik schafft Communities
Berlin 2011
Berlin 2011
Abstract: As envisaged by developers, economic actors or politician, software systems will be utilized in critical infrastructures to an unprecedented level in order
to realise virtualization, optimize resource efficiency or provide new functionalities.
However, this can also be sources of additional (systemic) risks due to increased
complexities and tights couplings, potential failures of complex governance
structures, or incoherent technical and governance developments. We propose
a research perspective of technology assessment that focuses on the interactions
between technological developments and governance structures.