Additionally, STPA includes humans as part the system and as such can be used to analyze technological systems with human operators, organizational systems, and sociotechnical systems.
The two-day Technical Interchange Meeting brought experts from Test Pilot School, 53rd Electronic Warfare Group, 412th TW Safety, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Boston Cybernetics Institute, the U.S. Air Force Academy and MIT to discuss the application of System Theoretic Process Analysis to Air Force acquisitions.
The first day included a keynote presentation by Leveson, an introduction to STPA by Dr. John Thomas from MIT and an overview of STPA for Security, an adaptation of STPA for application to cybersecurity, by Col. William Young.
The second day discussed results from STPA pilot-programs conducted at multiple organizations across the Air Force Test Center. Led by Maj. Sarah Summers and Maj. Stephen Satava, with essential support from Capt. Daniel Schelkoph, Lt. Col. Daniel Montes and Col. William Young, this two-day event reached 138 participants (54 in-residence and 84 online) with the expectation to reach many more though online content and future courses.
For more information, Department of Defense common access card holders should visit https://www.milsuite.mil/book/groups/stpa.
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