This is the first of what will be several posts on MIT's 2014 STAMP Conference. Staff from Akamai InfoSec will participate in this event, which makes perfect sense given our close ties and history with MIT.
Some background:
STAMP (Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes) is an accident causality model based on systems theory and systems thinking described in the book "Engineering a Safer World" by MIT Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nancy Leveson. STAMP/STPA focuses on control problems and it is designed to identify hazards that develop due to unsafe and unintended interactions among the system components without component failures. (For more information, visit this page.)
The conference takes place March 25-27 at MIT. Here's the full agenda:
| Location(s): TBA | ||||
| 8:30-8:45 | Welcome and Instructions | |||
| 8:45-10:00 | Introduction to STAMP, STPA, and CAST (Leveson) | Experienced Users Meeting (adoption challenges, research needs, shared experiences, etc.) | ||
| 10:00-10:15 | Break | |||
| 10:15-12:00 | STPA Tutorial and Exercises (Thomas) | CAST Tutorial and Exercises (TBD) | Security Tutorial and Exercises (Young) | Experienced Users Meeting (Topics TBD) |
| 12:00-1:30 | Bag Lunch - Birds of a Feather Sessions | |||
| 1:30-3:00 | STPA Tutorial and Exercises (Thomas) | CAST Tutorial and Exercises (TBD) | Security Breakout Presentations, Panels, Discussion (Young, Stone, Williams) | Experienced Users Meeting (Topics TBD) |
| 3:00-3:15 | Break | |||
| 3:15-3:45 | Niels Smit, Dutch Safety Agency, Using CAST in a Dutch Accident Investigation | |||
| 3:45-4:15 | John Thomas and Seth Placke, MIT, Analyzing Feature Interaction in Automobiles | |||
| 4:15-4:45 | William Fletcher, Rolls Royce, Use of STPA on Rolls Royce Aircraft Engines | |||
| 4:45-5:15 | William Young, MIT and USAF, STPA-Sec for Cyber Security/Mission Assurance | |||
| Dinner Location: TBA | ||||
| 5:30-9:00 | Dinner buffet Tool Demos Poster session, Yasuhiko Kawabe, Naoki Morishita, Chunyao Chuang, Variance/Nissan, Application of STAMP/STPA to Safety Risk Analysis of a Real Manufacturing System; David Rose, Sandia Labs, Applying STPA to a Battery Energy Storage System; Marv Dainoff, Liberty Mutual, Others TBA | |||
Day 2 - 26 March 2014
| Location: TBA | |
| Human Factors and STPA | |
| 8:30-9:00 | Berry and Sawyer, Fort Hill Group, Extended Human Factors STPA Applied to NextGen |
| 9:00-9:30 | Hoshino Nobuyuki, JAMSS (Japanese Manned Space Systems), Adding Human Factors to STPA |
| 9:30-10:00 | Cameron Thornberry, USN and MIT, Integrating Human Factors into STPA |
| 10:00-10:15 | Break |
| 10:15-10:45 | Michael Hurley, BAE, Applying CAST to Behavior-Related Product Safety Accidents |
| 10:45-11:15 | Padma Sundaram, GM, GM-MIT Research on STPA |
| 11:15-11:45 | Jintao Liu, Beijing Jiaotong University, Using STAMP on Train Control Systems |
| 11:45-12:15 | Cody Fleming, MIT, STPA Analysis of Interval Management in NextGen |
| 12:15-1:30 | Lunch |
| Tools | |
| 1:30-2:00 | Asim Adhulkhaleq and Stefan Wagner, Univ. of Stuttgart, Tool Support for STPA |
| 2:00-2:30 | Qi Hommes, Volpe National Transportation Research Center,The Volpe STPA Tool |
| 2:30-3:00 | Dajiang Suo, MIT, An STPA Tool |
| 3:00-3:15 | Break |
| 3:15-3:45 | David Allsop, Boeing, The Use of STAMP in Aircraft Evaluation and Test |
| 3:45-4:15 | Dave Holley, BAE, STPA Applied to a Product Filling Slurry Dispenser |
| 4:15-4:45 | Chenling Li, Beijing Jiaotong University, Railway Signaling Accident Analysis using CAST |
| 4:45-5:15 | Carlos Lahoz, Instituto de Aeronautica e Espaco (Brazil),Evaluations and Comparisons of STPA with Traditional Techniques |
Day 3 - 27 March 2014
| Location: TBA | |
| Use in Management and Regulation | |
| 8:30-9:00 | Robert de Boer, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Application of STAMP to Facilitate Interventions to Improve Platform Safety |
| 9:00-9:30 | Lorena Pelegrin, ILF Consulting Engineers, Using STAMP/STPA Principles in Project Management of an Oil Pipeline Project |
| 9:30-10:00 | Cody Fleming/Chris Wilkinson, MIT/Honeywell, Comparison of ARP 4761 and STPA using the Wheel Brake Example in ARP 4761 |
| 10:00-10:30 | [BAE Presentation - TBA] |
| 10:30-10:15 | Break |
| 10:15-10:45 | Todd Pawlicki/Aubrey Samost, UCSD and MIT, Analyzing Safety of Radiation Therapy Procedures |
| 10:45-11:15 | Meaghan O'Neil, MIT, Using CAST for Adverse Event Investigation in Hospitals |
| 11:15-11:45 | Homa Alemzadeh, Univ. of Illinois, Use of CAST for Medical Devices |
| 11:45-12:15 | Brian Edwards (or colleague), Systems Approach to Pharmaceutical Safety |
| 12:15-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-2:00 | Manuel Rodriguez, Technical University of Madrid, Risk Management of Petrochemicals |
| 2:00-2:30 | Qi Hommes, Volpe National Transportation Research Center,Analyzing Automobile Recalls |
| 2:30-3:00 | Soshi Kawakami, Japan Central Railway and MIT, High-Speed Rail Safety |
| 3:00-3:30 | Eleftheria Mitka and Spyridon Mouroutsos, Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Applying STAMP to Safety Standards of Domestic Robots |
| 3:30-3:45 | Break |
| 3:45-4:30 | Open Discussion - TBD |