Modern Unit Testing for Safety- and Security-Critical Software With GoogleTest

Open-source unit testing frameworks like GoogleTest are gaining adoption across industries, including industrial automation, IoT, consumer electronics, automotive, and defense and space systems. Their flexibility, scalability, and strong developer familiarity make them a natural choice for modern software development. However, organizations building safety- and security-critical systems must also meet stringent verification, certification, and cybersecurity requirements, creating challenges when integrating open-source tools into regulated development workflows.

Join this session to explore how engineering teams across these industries can adopt GoogleTest while aligning with the expectations of standards such as ISO 26262, IEC 61508, IEC 62304, DO-178, and cybersecurity frameworks. You’ll learn how Parasoft integrates GoogleTest within C/C++test CT to enhance open-source unit testing with the capabilities required for structured verification and compliance activities.

We’ll discuss:

• Adopting modern unit testing frameworks like GoogleTest across safety- and security-critical industries.
• Challenges of aligning open-source testing with functional safety, cybersecurity, and regulatory expectations.
• Extending GoogleTest with automated code coverage, requirements traceability, and compliance-ready reporting using C/C++test CT.
• Integrating GoogleTest-based testing into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous verification and faster product releases.