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Deep Dive 13. March 2026 Mastering Functional Safety: Everything About Tools, Processes & Standards This comprehensive article introduces how Validas supports you in achieving functional safety through integrated process modeling, toolchain analysis, and tool & library qualification. Beginner's Guide 24. February 2026 Where Do You Start with ISO 26262? The Case for a Tool Readiness Check Discover how a quick Tool Readiness Check cuts through ISO 26262 complexity, reveals hidden toolchain gaps, and gives safety managers a clear, expert‑guided starting point for achieving functional safety compliance without drowning in documentation. Deep Dive 11. February 2026 Tool Qualification for High Risk AI Applications: A Complete Guide to Building Safe, Compliant AI As AI enters high‑risk, real‑world applications, tool safety becomes mission critical. Discover how a standards‑aligned approach to process, V&V, and tool confidence enables safer, more dependable AI development. Deep Dive 18. December 2025 Static Analysis for Safer C/C++: Avoiding Undefined Behavior and Closing Coverage Gaps Undefined behavior can hide in plain sight, escaping tests and creating security risks. Discover how static analysis helps catch these issues early, close coverage gaps, and boost code safety—without slowing development. News 3. December 2025 Validas AG becomes Contributing Member of the Eclipse Foundation Validas AG has joined the Eclipse Foundation as a contributing member, becoming part of a global community committed to open-source collaboration and innovation. Deep Dive 28. November 2025 The Tool Safety Manual: A Lifesaving Resource A Tool Safety Manual is more than a compliance document—it’s your roadmap to ensuring safe and reliable tool usage in critical systems. Discover the full story on the Validas Blog. Beginner's Guide 21. November 2025 The GoogleTest Qualification Kit by Validas: Streamlining Safety-Critical Compliance Qualify GoogleTest with Confidence: Safety-critical projects demand trust. Validas' QKit delivers fast, standard-compliant qualification for GoogleTest accelerating compliance and reducing risks. Deep Dive 19. November 2025 Optimization in Compilers: Challenges, Interdependencies, and Experimental Insights This article provides an example where selectively deactivating a compiler optimization results in another optimization performing the same tasks as the disabled one. Deep Dive 17. November 2025 The Impact of Disabling Atomic Optimizations on Compiler Behavior This article gives an overview of how compiler optimizations are selectively disabled in the compilation use case. It illustrates how adding or removing a single atomic optimization flag impacts the optimizations triggered by the compiler. News 12. November 2025 Validas AG joins new research project CONTROL The CONTROL research project has officially launched. Led by Siemens AG and Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, it unites 24 partners from industry and academia — including Validas. Deep Dive 5. November 2025 Libraries in Critical Systems: Efficiency Boost or Hidden Liability? Developers often turn to libraries for speed, performance, and cost savings. But can we trust pre-written code? Are libraries reliable allies or hidden risks waiting to emerge? Deep Dive 1. November 2025 Secure and Safe: Building Trust in Connected Systems Cars drive themselves. Devices monitor our health. Factories run autonomously. But as safety meets connectivity, a new question emerges: What if the risk isn’t an accident—but an attack?