METHOD FOR DETECTING SAFETY-RELEVANT DATA FLOWS

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to method for detecting safety-relevant data streams which occur in a hardware system during the execution of at least one data processing task. In one example embodiment, the method includes the steps of: defining critical data via an interface, mapping of the hardware system onto a simulation model capable of running in a simulation environment; executing the at least one data processing task as a simulation with the simulation model in the simulation environment, monitoring the creation, transmission and deletion of the critical data and instances of the critical data in the simulation model during the execution of the at least one data processing task, and identifying and logging the security-relevant data streams.