EWICS

What EWICS does

EWICS is a non-profit professional association established in 1979, dedicated to advancing the reliability, safety, and security of industrial computer systems. Operating primarily through Technical Committee 7 (TC7), it serves a community of engineers, researchers, and practitioners across most European countries and the United States. The organization's core activities center on standards development, knowledge exchange, and education in safety-critical industrial software, embedded systems, and related domains.

The association's principal product is the annual SafeComp conference series, running continuously since 1979, with proceedings archived in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). Supplementary outputs include topical workshops (such as the 2018 Autonomous Driving workshop in Munich and the 2014 Systems-of-Systems workshop in Pisa), technical guidelines, and biannual meetings that rotate across European cities. Recent meetings include Spring 2025 (virtual), Autumn 2024 (Florence), and Autumn 2025 (Stockholm).

EWICS operates on a non-commercial model with free membership granted via mailing list signup. The organization discloses no revenue mechanism, paid customer base, or headcount, and is governed by Chair Mario Trapp with Vice-Chairs Francesca Saglietti and Uwe Becker. Its economic footprint is best understood as a volunteer-driven standards and convening body rather than a commercial enterprise.

Name

EWICS

Legal name

EWICS Association

Website

https://ewics.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Short description

EWICS is a non-profit professional association founded in 1979 that advances the reliability, safety, and security of industrial computer systems through its annual SafeComp conference, topical workshops, and standards development, serving a free-membership community across Europe and the United States.

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Product category

Industrial Safety & Security Standards (Professional Association)

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

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Policy Management, Training & Ethics/Whistleblowing (BPAEAPAI)

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Third-Party Certification, Code Compliance & Regulatory Inspection (ASME/API/ISO) (EUAEAHAN)

Keywords

• Industrial computer systems
• Safety and security standards
• Critical software development
• SafeComp conference
• Professional association services

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Services: EWICS operates as a free membership organization. Membership is provided at no cost, with members receiving access to mailing lists and invitations to meetings. No commercial revenue model is disclosed as the organization functions as a professional association for knowledge exchange and standards development.

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Core offering

EWICS TC7 is a non-profit professional association that promotes the economical and efficient realisation of programmable industrial systems through education, information exchange, and the elaboration of standards and guidelines. Its flagship deliverable is the annual SafeComp Conference (running since 1979), which serves as the primary international forum for practitioners and researchers in computer safety, reliability, and security, complemented by seasonal TC7 meetings, workshops, and archived Springer LNCS proceedings.

Product overview

EWICS TC7 is a professional association focused on programmable industrial systems reliability, safety, and security. The organization's primary offering is the annual SafeComp Conference, established in 1979, which serves as the steering committee's flagship event. EWICS also organizes workshops, meetings, and develops standards and guidelines for critical software development and maintenance in industrial environments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Products and services

• SafeComp Conference Annual international conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security (SafeComp), established in 1979 by EWICS TC7. It is a single-track conference covering state-of-the-art, experience, and new trends in safety, security, and reliability of critical computer applications, providing networking opportunities for practitioners and researchers across industrial and academic communities. Proceedings are published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.
• EWICS TC7 Meetings (Winter, Spring, Autumn, Summer) Recurring seasonal technical committee meetings (Winter, Spring, Autumn, and Summer) of EWICS TC7, held across European venues and virtually, providing members with periodic forums for working-group coordination, standards and guidelines development, and technical knowledge exchange on programmable electronic systems safety, reliability, and security.
• SafeComp Conference Proceedings (Springer LNCS archive) Archived, peer-reviewed proceedings of the SafeComp conference series, published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), providing a durable, citable record of research and practice in computer safety, reliability, and security. The archive spans the full 45+ year history of the conference.

Quantifiable outcome

• 45+ years of annual SafeComp conferences hosted
• +1 more outcomes

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Technology focussed No

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Broad incumbents

• SANS Institute: Largest cybersecurity training and certification body; comparable to EWICS in providing practitioner-focused education, events, and community knowledge exchange, though SANS operates commercially and focuses on cybersecurity rather than industrial safety.
• IEEE Computer Society: Large established professional association for computing professionals; publishes standards, runs conferences, and develops technical guidelines — broader scope than EWICS but comparable in mission around computing safety, reliability, and standards influence.
• ACM (Association for Computing Machinery): Premier international computing society running conferences and publishing journals/proceedings; comparable to EWICS in advancing computing research and standards, though ACM is significantly broader and operates at much larger scale.
• ISACA: Global professional association for IT governance, risk, and security; comparable in offering certifications, conferences, and standards-aligned guidance for practitioners working on IT/OT assurance — overlapping with EWICS's GRC and industrial security focus.
• INCOSE (International Council on Systems Engineering): Professional association advancing systems engineering practice; comparable in mission around safe, secure, reliable systems development and standards-driven professional community building for industrial and critical systems engineers.
• IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing): Umbrella federation for information-processing societies, including TC7 on system modeling; EWICS TC7 historically participates in IFIP activities, making IFIP a structurally related parent/peer organization for international technical committee work.

Direct peers

• ISA (International Society of Automation): Professional association developing automation standards (notably ISA/IEC 62443 for industrial cybersecurity); directly comparable to EWICS in developing standards for safe and secure industrial automation and control systems and convening practitioners around them.
• SAE International: Standards body developing technical standards for mobility industries including functional safety (e.g., ISO 26262 contributions); directly comparable to EWICS in authoring safety-critical standards for industrial and transportation systems.

Emerging players

• Reliability Society (IEEE): IEEE technical society focused on reliability engineering; shares EWICS's interest in reliability and safety of critical systems and offers technical community, publications, and standards work as a specialized sub-community within IEEE.

Regional players

• Centre for Digital Built Britain / UK NCSC Industrial Control Systems Community: Regional industrial control system security community and standards initiatives focused on UK/EU industrial cybersecurity; comparable to EWICS in convening practitioners around industrial CS standards, though narrower in geographic remit.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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Profiles3 records

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