The three Regulations are applicable in the 54 countries that are Parties to the 1958 Agreement.  

• UN Regulation No. 155 on Cyber Security and Cyber Security Management Systems  

This is the first international regulation governing vehicles’ cybersecurity. It introduces, among others, audit related provisions that allow the assessment of the robustness of the cyber security measures implemented by manufacturers and the way manufacturers and their suppliers are able to mitigate cybersecurity related risks as well as obligation to perform risks assessments and to keep them current. It also imposes a number of requirements, including the obligation to monitor and report on incidents. It is referred to in UN Regulation No. 157, given that automated driving systems must be appropriately protected against cybersecurity risks. 

Some Countries and Regions had already announced that they would implement this Regulation and make it compulsory: 

• Japan indicated that it transposed the Regulation in January 2021 and that it will become mandatory for new vehicle types from July 2022 (if no OTA functionality, January 2024) and for new vehicles produced from July 2024 (if no OTA functionality, May 2026). 

• Korea announced that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport plans to implement it by 2022. 
• In the European Union, the regulation will be mandatory for all new vehicle types from July 2022 and will become mandatory for all new vehicles produced from July 2024. 
• UN Regulation No. 156 on Software Updates and Software Updates Management Systems 

Software updates, including over-the-air updates may play an increasing role in the automotive sector. This is expected to be true because of the benefits it can bring in order to mitigate cyber security risks. It might find also applications in order to update automated driving systems as technical progress is made. This new UN Regulation provides a new dimension to the Type Approval system, which did not such situations in the past. This is the first international regulation governing vehicles’ Over the air (OTA) software updates.    

• UN Regulation No. 157 on the type approval of Automated Lane Keeping Systems (ALKS)  

This is the first international regulation governing the introduction of so-called “level 3” systems with a limited use case on motorways, and especially traffic jam situations. It includes a number of safety requirements, driver monitoring related provisions of importance when driver is requested to take back the driving tasks as well as provisions for Data Storage Systems for Automated Driving a kind of black box that will collect data related to the system and its use as well as Driver monitoring. 

Under the leadership of the USA, China and Germany, the World Forum’s Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles is working on a generic approach to cover ALKS use on all types of roads. Other extensions of the scope of UN Regulation No. 157 are being considered, notably higher speeds on motorways, including the possibility for lane changes, and its application to trucks. 

The Alliance is working on four major areas of innovation in order to develop the mobility of the future: electrification, connected vehicles and services, autonomous driving, and new mobility services. As part of this effort, one of the main focus of the Alliance Innovation Lab Tel Aviv is cybersecurity. 

Today, most of the risk assessment in the automotive industry is conducted manually or using tools on a single component level. This methodology can’t scale and only provides partial information. An entire vehicle is a very complex system composed of over a hundred connected components, with a complex interconnection.

This strategic cooperation will focus on vehicle-level risk assessment, taking into account the architecture of the vehicle model and the automated assessment of a vehicle’s complex mesh of software and hardware.

Upstream offers specialized cloud-based data services for connected cars, including cybersecurity, quality enhancement, and data monetization opportunities. Salesforce offers its leading CRM platform to automotive OEMs, dealers, suppliers, and mobility services. The partnership between the two companies will bring real-time end-to-end data-driven solutions to the automotive sector.

As the automotive industry becomes a smart mobility ecosystem with connectivity at its root, new tools are needed. Utilizing connected car data such as telematics, OTA (over the air updates) and mobility applications opens extensive opportunities for automotive OEMs, dealers, suppliers, and value-added mobility services. A growing number of the world’s largest vehicle OEMs and mobility providers already rely on Upstream’s platform to transform their automotive data into a comprehensive cybersecurity solution utilizing vehicle digital twins and insights.

This new partnership with Salesforce Ventures will enable the digital transformation of smart mobility players by producing an end-to-end automotive data service, beyond cyber capabilities, that will allow additional players in the automotive ecosystem to both understand the connected car data and enact real-time actions based on the insights found within that data.

Under the MOU, both parties will launch a suite of solutions which includes Argus’ in-vehicle solutions and technologies, and Argus’ stand-alone cyber security backend platform. This platform collects, correlates and analyses data derived from vehicles, mobile apps, cellular networks, cloud platforms, and other sources, and will be integrated with the managed security services portfolio of Trustwave, Singtel’s cyber security arm. The platform helps automakers and fleet managers to quickly protect vehicles that are already on the road without making any modifications to them. It will be delivered through Trustwave’s global network of 10 Advanced Security Operations Centres, further enhancing its capabilities as a leading global managed security services provider.

As part of the collaboration, Singtel and Argus will conduct cyber security research and development at the Singtel Cyber Security Institute (CSI) to help defend autonomous vehicles against sophisticated, evolving cyber threats. The partners could also use CSI’s advanced cyber range platform to subject their solutions to rigorous testing and prototyping. This augments Singtel’s ongoing collaboration with the National University of Singapore to develop advanced cyber security solutions for next-generation cyber threats.

The announcement of the partnership is timely as the introduction of autonomous vehicles in Singapore is one of the initiatives which the government has set out as part of the Smart Nation plan.

Karamba Security’s software prevents in-memory cyberattacks, by hardening the ECU’s according to developers’ intentions and autonomously prevents unauthorized deviations from factory settings. Karamba’s software introduces Control Flow Integrity (CFI) which is automatically embedded in Ficosa’s development process, not relying on source code, with negligible runtime performance impact.

With Karamba’s Embedded Runtime Integrity solution, Ficosa will propose self-protected ECU’s to its OEM customers that will deterministically prevent cyberattacks, without false positive alerts or major investments in costly data analytics and security updates.

In a keynote address at the North American International Automotive Show (NAIAS), BlackBerry Limited Executive Chairman and CEO, John Chen, today unveiled BlackBerry Jarvis, a transformational software cybersecurity product. BlackBerry is initially marketing this solution to automakers, whose complex software supply chains create compelling and urgent use cases that Jarvis can help solve today. BlackBerry also noted that Jarvis is applicable to other industry segments, citing healthcare, industrial automation, aerospace, and defense as examples of other fields with immediate need for this product.

Built on the company’s decades of cybersecurity expertise and proprietary technology, Jarvis is a one-of-its-kind cloud-based static binary code scanning solution that identifies vulnerabilities in software used in automobiles. Jarvis scans and delivers deep actionable insights in minutes, what would otherwise involve manually scanning that will take large numbers of experts and an impractical amount of time.

“Connected and autonomous vehicles require some of the most complex software ever developed, creating a significant challenge for automakers who must ensure the code complies with industry and manufacturer-specific standards while simultaneously battle-hardening a very large and tempting attack surface for cybercriminals,” said John Chen, Executive Chairman and CEO, BlackBerry.

Exacerbating the challenge for OEMs is the fact that vehicles use hundreds of software components, many of which are written by an expansive network of third party suppliers spread across several tiers. This distributed supply chain offers many advantages while also increasing opportunities for human error that can slow down production cycles and impact overall quality.

How Jarvis Works

Offered on a pay-as-you-go usage basis, Jarvis is customized for the unique needs of each OEM and their entire software supply chain. Once initiated, automakers will have online access to Jarvis and can scan any number of binary files at every stage of software development. This includes the capability to evaluate new software under consideration as well as the ability to assess existing software already in production. Once scanned, development teams have immediate access to the results via user-friendly dashboards with specific cautions and advisories.

In addition to cost and time savings, BlackBerry Jarvis helps ensure that production software adheres to industry standards such as MISRA and CERT, and enables OEMs to define custom rules to meet organization-specific objectives.

Proven and Tested

BlackBerry has already begun trialing Jarvis with some of the world’s largest automakers.

“Jaguar Land Rover and BlackBerry share a common objective in bringing the most intelligent vehicles to reality,” said Dr. Ralf Speth, CEO, Jaguar Land Rover. “BlackBerry Jarvis addresses the software cybersecurity needs of the automotive industry. In our independent study, Jarvis delivered excellent efficiencies in time-to-market, significantly reducing the time to security assess code from thirty days to seven minutes. The productivity delivered by Jarvis combined with BlackBerry’s trusted security heritage can transform vehicle safety.”

Providing the Secure Foundation for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

As a leader in safety-certified, secure, and reliable software for the automobile industry, BlackBerry currently provides OEMs around the world with state-of-the-art cybersecurity technology to mitigate the risk of cyberattacks targeting a vehicle’s software. BlackBerry’s pedigree in security and continued innovation has led to recent automotive design wins with Baidu, Delphi, Denso, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Visteon, and others.

Source: Blackberry

HARMAN International is demonstrating at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas new detection capabilities, part of the HARMAN SHIELD Solution, that protect autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles against cyber-attacks aimed at the vehicle’s sensors.

The technology demonstration shows how an adversary image with a speed limit sign was able to fool the on-board traffic sign recognition system of a production vehicle, to present false information to the driver and impact other vehicle systems, such as adaptive cruise control. That spoofed traffic sign was successfully detected and reported to HARMAN Cybersecurity Analysis Center – a full dashboard and analytics solution which provides 24/7 visibility of broad vehicular security-related events from HARMAN SHIELD Agents.

Adversary images are images that have been intentionally manipulated in such a way that a human recognizes them correctly but a neural network or computer vision-based system will misclassify them. The use of such images opens a way to new attacks on autonomous cars and ADAS systems, requiring non-conventional cybersecurity techniques to detect and possibly mitigate. These attacks do not require any physical access to the car or tampering with the communication system and the consequences of such attacks can be grave, including major traffic disruptions.

A strong cyber security infrastructure that protects our cars is necessary for the deployment of autonomous driving on public roads. This September, the House of Representatives passed the SELF DRIVE Act bill that lays out a basic federal framework for autonomous vehicle regulation, with specific mention of cybersecurity measures, such as having an on-board intrusion detection system. The bill, Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research In Vehicle Evolution Act (SELF DRIVE Act), will create a base regulation for vehicles across the United States and is expected to pass the Senate soon before reaching the president’s desk to sign.

Source: Harman

The Hyundai America Technical Center is entering into a long-term partnership with the American Center for Mobility (ACM) to support the advancement of connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technology. As one of ACM’s Founder-level sponsors, HATCI will contribute $5 million to support the creation of a collaborative test environment in Southeast Michigan.

Located at the historic Willow Run site in Ypsilanti Township, ACM is creating a proving ground where companies will collaborate to develop CAV and future mobility technologies, as well as work on standards and education programs.

Andy Freels (left), president of the Hyundai America Technical Center (HATCI) and John Maddox (right), president and CEO of the American Center for Mobility (ACM) signed a long-term partnership agreement to support the advancement of connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technology. As one of ACM’s Founder-level sponsors, HATCI will contribute $5 million to support the creation of a collaborative test environment in Southeast Michigan.

“Hyundai’s investment supporting ACM strengthens our long-term commitment to the advancement of safety and mobility through automated vehicle technology. Working together with industry, academia and government provides a collaborative environment to support new and innovative mobility solutions,” said Andy Freels, president, HATCI. “We are excited to be a founding member of the government-industry team at the neighboring ACM facility. As a founding member, we will help set the direction for CAV standards and test advanced technologies in a safe environment for the North American customer.”

The creation of the unique testing environment, located in close proximity to HATCI’s engineering headquarters, will enhance HATCI’s development and validation of advanced driver-assistance systems and CAV technologies. The ACM facility will provide testing under unique and extreme conditions in a repeatable and controlled environment to improve the safety of these systems for the customer. This collaboration will advance safety, connectivity, cybersecurity and autonomous technologies.

Testing emphases will include:

• Sensor technology development
• Vehicle/infrastructure communication
• Specification development for infrastructure scenarios such as: rural, residential, highway, overpasses, off-road, and urban
• Severe test conditions featuring various weather situations

The contribution from Hyundai brings ACM’s fundraising total to $101 million to develop the 500-acre state-of-the-art testing site at Willow Run. The Center’s first phase of construction is nearing completion and the testing and validation, product development, education and standards facility will open in December.

Hyundai joins other ACM Founders; AT&T, Toyota, and Ford, which announced their support of ACM earlier this year.

The ACM project is a joint initiative with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, State of Michigan, Michigan Department of Transportation, the University of Michigan, Business Leaders for Michigan and Ann Arbor Spark.

Source: Hyundai

DEKRA is building a connected car test area in Malaga, Spain, as part of their international testing network for connected and automated driving. Through the usage of test scenarios, actual cars, emulation equipment and specific lab settings. The test area will open before the end of 2017.

DEKRA’s connected car test area will become a key component of its international testing network for connected and automated driving. The hub in Malaga will focus amongst others on R&D and early production testing, while the existing testing oval at DEKRA in Klettwitz and the Lausitzring race track in Germany, recently acquired by DEKRA, will be set up for automotive systems, whole vehicle and infrastructure testing. DEKRA is also aiming to add further hubs in East Asia and the USA, while simultaneously developing test plans, innovative test tools, and fostering standardization in the industry.

“We have developed a significant number of test scenarios, some of which have already been implemented. The test scenarios verify the generation and reception of appropriate signaling messages and corresponding warnings to drivers for various technologies,” says Fernando Hardasmal, Managing Director of DEKRA Testing & Certification S.A.U. “Some of the scenarios tested for vehicle-to-everything technologies, also referred to V2X, are Intersection Movement Assist, Green Light Optimal Speed Advisory, Forward Collision Warning, and Work Zone Warnings.”

In addition to deploying actual V2X devices, DEKRA will simulate scenarios using dedicated beacons and purpose-built software. Other test activities in this test area will include interoperability, performance, and usability testing; as well as cyber security evaluations for the connected car. Finally, DEKRA has recently obtained the ISO 17025 accreditation for car safety technology eCall and ERA/GLONASS for testing in the lab and at customer premises.

The new test area, with a future size of well over 50,000m² is currently being constructed in the Andalusia Technology Park in Málaga. This project will also open opportunities to continue the fruitful cooperation between the University of Malaga and DEKRA, which started more than 20 years ago.

Source: DEKRA

The model is able to simulate traffic flows and driver behaviours along a mix of urban and motorway roads, reflecting what would be expected to be seen in the real world. This model is a key step towards the development of V2X communications simulations, which are due for completion by the end of the year. The model is a product of HORIBA MIRA’s new Simulation and Modelling team, developed with the Vissim microsimulation package from PTV.

The UK Connected Intelligent Transport Environment (UK CITE) consortium – made up of MIRA and 10 other consortium members – is a major project totalling £7.1m, which includes investment from Innovate UK. The project will enable automotive, infrastructure and service provider companies to trial connected vehicle technology, infrastructure and services in real-life conditions. The connected environment will be on 40 miles of roads within Coventry and Warwickshire, and will seek to understand how the technology can improve journeys, reduce traffic congestion and provide in-vehicle entertainment and safety services through better connectivity.

MIRA is leading the simulation and modelling activities for the project, which will predict how these technologies influence journeys and inform future deployment strategies to optimise socio-economic benefits. Critical to the deployment of these technologies is to ensure that they are safe and secure. In support of this, MIRA will be performing pre-deployment trials at its world-leading connected environment facilities on its Proving Ground, and producing cyber security guidelines.

UK CITE is made up of a number of consortium partners within the automotive, infrastructure and service companies, and includes HORIBA MIRA, Visteon, Jaguar Land Rover, Siemens, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry University, Coventry City Council, Vodafone, Huawei Technologies, Transport for West Midlands and Highways England. The UK CITE project will create the UK’s first fully connected infrastructure using a globally unique combination of wireless technologies, which can enable real-world testing in a safe and managed way.

Source: HORIBA MIRA

The “Technology Road Map of Intelligent & Connected Vehicles” was released on October 26th in 2016, which specified the development directions and steps towards a more intelligent automobile industry in China and realizing fully automated driving after 2025. It also put forward definite development planning towards automotive safety, transportation efficiency as well as energy conservation and emission reduction.

The intelligent & connected vehicles public road test standards authorized by MIIT, Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of Transport will be released soon. The rapid expansion of car parks in China during “The thirteenth five-year plan” marks that China is stepping into automotive society. With the gradual release of IOV policies and unceasing upgrade of technological level in China, we will meet the explosive growth of domestic intelligent vehicles. We will realize the industrialization of China intelligent& connected vehicles and witness the next 100 billion market.

The Annual China Autonomous Vehicle Summit 2017 held by ENMORE Group is upcoming on July 13th-14th in Shanghai, aiming to deeply study China autonomous vehicles based on latest policies and technical standards as well as other hot topics including Intelligent Safety, automotive cyber security, V2X, artificial intelligence, 5G, etc. We are devoted to providing the best platform for networking and co-operations for industry experts and decision makers.

For more information about the agenda and registration, please contact Mr. Stephen Fan at:

P: +86 21 51550798, M: +86 13681916126

E: stephenfan@enmore.com

Source: Enmore

VEDECOM Tech is a commercial subsidiary of VEDECOM Public Foundation, an organization dedicated to fostering innovation in autonomous transportation, and whose members include Renault, Peugeot and Valeo.

VEDECOM Tech is introducing completely autonomous, self-driving vehicles (SAE Level 5) that will be launched for commercial use in 2017 and 2018 by municipalities in France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and the Netherlands. The company is using Karamba’s Carwall and Autonomous Security software to protect the cars’ electronic control units (ECUs) against risks of hacking.
This marks the industry’s first production of cyberattack-secured, commercially-available automobiles.

“As we bring our first self-driving cars into production, we planned for cybersecurity technology to be part of the car’s design. We evaluated the market extensively, and after serious consideration, concluded that Karamba Security’s technology is the best way to prevent, not just detect, cyberthreats and keep passengers and cars safe,” said Frederic Mathis, CEO and president of VEDECOM Tech. “Karamba’s Autonomous Security achieves that by autonomously hardening ECUs and preventing hacker infiltration with zero false positives. This approach uniquely prevents cyberattacks, and at the same time, satisfies the industry’s intolerance to consumer safety risks, resulting from false alarms (aka ‘false positives’) that mistakenly block legitimate vehicle commands.”

“We are excited to be the first cybersecurity company to have its technology adopted in commercially available cars,” said Ami Dotan, Karamba Security CEO and co-founder. “VEDECOM Tech is a formidable partner, which has been successfully implementing state-of-the-art technologies that enable self-driving cars to become a reality. Protecting these autonomous and connected vehicles from cyberattacks is VEDECOM Tech’s priority, and we are proud to enable this cyber protection.”

VEDECOM is using YoGoKo’s advanced communications solutions for its connected and cooperative autonomous vehicle. YoGoKo solutions enable vehicles to maintain internet connectivity and exchange data with other vehicles, road and urban infrastructure and cloud apps in a standardized way (ISO, CEN, ETSI standards), combining a diversity of access technologies (urban Wi-Fi, ITS-G5, cellular, LoRa, etc.).

By using the software and hardware security features to design its solutions, YoGoKo helps leverage risks and attacks coming from communication channels. YoGoKo brings a high level of trust to vehicular communications.

Moreover, communications security must be complemented with system-level security. YoGoKo and Karamba work together to harden YoGoKo’s externally-connected ECUs and safeguard the vehicles’ advanced, connected communications systems against cyberattacks. This software security blocks malware and enforces authentication to provide trust in using self-driving capabilities and enforcing authorization policies that ensure data privacy.

VEDECOM Tech will provide a fleet of autonomous vehicles for the Autopilot Project. Autopilot Project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 731993.
VEDECOM Tech, YoGoKo and Karamba Security will showcase their self-driving cars at the 12th ITS European Congress.

Carwall and Autonomous Security

Communications between vehicles and surrounding infrastructure certainly have the potential to improve driving safety and traffic management. These transmissions need to be highly secured, however, because malicious actors may target this intelligence to interfere with the car’s critical components. A car’s electronics system also needs protection because hackers may tamper with that as well. Attackers try to inject malicious messages designed to modify a vehicle’s behavior, either by a local or remote attack.

Karamba Security has responded to the challenges with Carwall and Autonomous Security, an approach that hardens the car’s ECUs against hackers trying to take control of its safety systems, such as brakes and steering, for malicious purposes. Karamba safeguards the vehicle’s electronics and entire system from being hacked by threat actors, and offers these advantages:

• A software solution that prevents cyberattacks with zero false positives, eliminating the risk of safety impacts
• No malware updates required
• Automatic policy generation with zero development efforts

Source: Karamba Security

To Accelerate Growth in Autonomous Vehicle Security Market.

Karamba Security, a provider of autonomous cybersecurity solutions for connected and autonomous vehicles, has shifted the paradigm of automotive cybersecurity from detection to prevention with manufacturers, OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers. The move has attracted $12 million in Series B funding to accelerate its growth. The new round, announced today, brings Karamba’s total funding amount to $17 million within 15 months. The new funds will be used to meet the rapidly growing demand for Karamba’s solutions by expanding resources in customer support, sales and R&D.

The B round is co-led by existing investors YL Ventures and Fontinalis Partners with strategic investments from:

• Paladin Capital Group, a multi-stage investor in cybersecurity solutions for government and commercial markets
• Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures; the early stage venture capital arm for Liberty Mutual’s U.S. Consumer Markets business
• Presidio Ventures, the early stage investment vehicle of Sumitomo Corporation and
• Asgent, Inc., a Tokyo Stock Exchange-traded provider of network security operations management solutions

No strategic investor was granted a board seat. Previously, Fontinalis led an A round of $2.5 million round with YL Ventures and GlenRock. YL Ventures provided $2.5 million in early stage seed funding.

After white hat hackers repeatedly demonstrated they could successfully exploit security bugs in a connected car’s code to infiltrate its safety systems, the FBI, Department of Transportation, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a Public Safety Alert that highlighted the dangers to new and existing cars on the road that jeopardize people’s lives. They warned today’s vehicles are “increasingly vulnerable to remote exploits” that allow a hacker to “manipulate critical vehicle control systems,” potentially even from nation-state actors.

CEO Ami Dotan and chairman David Barzilai co-founded Karamba Security with a unique approach to automotive cybersecurity software leveraging the talent and innovative technology of their Israeli team’s cyber defense and intel expertise. Karamba’s technology is designed to seal off a car’s infotainment system, GPS device and roadside assistance program by locking down code at the electronic control unit (ECU) level to ensure that only legitimate, factory authorized programs can run and everything else is blocked. By blocking access to those entry points it prevents cyberattacks from any intruder trying to reach critical driving functions like the steering, ignition and brakes.

Within 15 months, Karamba engaged with 16 automobile OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers and was chosen as the cyber prevention vendor of choice by one OEM and a Tier-1 for detection and prevention.

“We make sure that only what’s part of the factory settings can run,” said David Barzilai, Karamba’s co-founder and executive chairman. “Once we recognize foreign code, we prevent it from executing, effectively blocking any attack. Our deterministic approach stands in sharp contrast to network-based solutions that rely on probabilities to try to identify attacks in progress and block them, an unreliable technique that creates safety risks by potentially blocking legitimate commands.”

Source: Karamba Security

Nexteer Automotive is strengthening its steering system offerings with market-leading cyber security technologies to protect against malicious intrusions and unverified steering commands.

“As a safety-critical system, the security of our steering technologies is a top priority. While our OEM partners incorporate cyber security at the vehicle level, we are taking safety to the next step by integrating multi-layer cyber security at a system level for maximum protection.” said Frank Lubischer, senior vice president of global engineering, chief technology officer and chief strategy officer, Nexteer Automotive.

These cyber security technologies consist of specifically designed hardware modules on the semi-conductor level, as well as a multi-layered cryptographic software structure, that identifies and authorizes information and command flow between the steering system and other in-vehicle or external controllers. As vehicles adopt advanced electronics to enable automated driving, internet connectivity and V2X communication, they become more susceptible to remote hacking.

“We at Nexteer understand the enormous benefits that ADAS and automated driving provides to individual mobility and, ultimately, to society,” added Lubischer. “Our systems maximize safety and security of operation by allowing for best functional utilization of cyber secure technologies.”

Nexteer leverages its in-house ownership of the design process and its long history of vehicle-level thinking to bring to market safety-critical products. Nexteer has an open engineering mindset for the unconventional solutions to remain a leader in intuitive motion control.

“We are rapidly developing products with advanced driver assist and automated driving capabilities, while maintaining our reputation for safety, reliability and efficiency.”continued Lubischer.

As one of the first and leading electric power steering (EPS) system developers in the industry, Nexteer introduced many designs to ensure software and hardware compatibility and integrity within the intended application. Today, the company’s cyber security technologies are built using electrical architecture 4.0 to efficiently and accurately validate true steering commands and support multi-vehicle applications.

The company’s cyber security technologies are also enablers of its latest automated driving products – Steering on Demand and Quiet Wheel Steering. Both introductions utilize Nexteer steer-by-wire technology, eliminating the mechanical link between the road wheels and steering wheel.

Steering on Demand enables the transition between driver and automated driving control, while also providing sport, comfort and manual override modes for a custom driving experience. Quiet Wheel Steering eliminates steering wheel rotation when a vehicle completes an automated directional change.

Source: Nexteer

Earlier this January, the worldwide digital security leader Gemalto signed a deal with Banma Network Technology Company (the new joint venture company of Alibaba Group and Shanghai Automotive Group Co., Ltd.) to provide security connection services to China’s first internet connected car, Rongwei RX5.

For decades, vehicle security has been divided into two major categories: theft from a vehicle and theft of a vehicle. With connected and autonomous vehicles, the threat landscape for traditional vehicle manufacturers changes beyond recognition. Safety and security issues have also become inevitable concerns for China’s emerging connected car makers. A lack of end-to-end vehicle security services open business opportunities for many suppliers to the automotive industry.

Dr Paul Sanderson, Senior Technical Cyber Security Specialist at SBD, will join the esteemed speakers at the upcoming 2nd Annual China Automotive Cyber Security Summit (ACSS2017) to be held on the 23-24 Feb. 2017 in Eton Shanghai Hotel. His presentation will explore some of the issues and motivations behind the new threats and will propose a roadmap for vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers to navigate through the growing maze of standards, guidelines and solutions.

The summit promises to be a platform for networking and updates on the latest Chinese information security policies, standards, connected car vulnerabilities and the consequential critical need to address core cyber security issues well before the point of cyber-attack!

Other organizations taking the stage during the summit include Brilliance Auto, NEXTEV, Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center, Synopsys, Denza New energy auto, Saic Auto, Changan auto, DaTang group, Lingyun Auto, Yundu New Energy Vehicle, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Honeywell International, Green Hill Software, Bangcle, etc.

For more information about the speakers and topics please contact Ms. Crystal Yang at P: +86 21 52710299 * 8002,

E: crystal.yang@grccinc.com

To register for this event, please visit: http://en.grccacss.com/

• New investment will drive innovation in automotive technology
• SBD has grown revenues by 50% in past year
• Between 2016 and 2020, car manufacturers are predicted to spend €42 billion on connected car services and autonomous technologies

Albion Ventures LLP (“Albion”), one of the largest independent venture capital investors in the UK, has announced a £1.5m investment in automotive technology specialists SBD.

Headquartered in Milton Keynes with offices in North America, Japan and India, SBD are specialists in automotive technology, providing independent research, evaluation and strategic services to 95% of the world’s leading car manufacturers.

Having established a unique position in the sector, the company has recorded more than 50% revenue growth in the last financial year ended March 2016.

The investment comes at a time when the automotive technology sector is forecast to grow significantly. Between 2016 and 2020, car manufactures are forecast to spend more than €42 billion on offering connected car services and higher levels of vehicle automation in the EU, USA and China.

SBD’s research and strategic services focus on three growth areas: vehicle connectivity, autonomous car technologies and automotive cybersecurity.

Albion’s investment will enable SBD to further scale its operations globally, add to its world-class team of specialists, and allow the development of innovative new ways of supporting the automotive industry.

David Bell, CEO at SBD said:

“We’re delighted to be working with Albion Ventures at this exciting time. Their team really understands our vision for the future and they have a long history of helping technology companies build on their success.”

Robert Whitby-Smith, Partner at Albion Ventures said:

“We are really excited about the opportunity of backing the SBD team and their ambitious growth plans. The automotive sector is undergoing significant change and SBD is at the cutting-edge.  The quality of its data and its talent puts it in pole position to grow rapidly in coming years.”

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For further enquiries please contact:
Jamie Brownlee/ David Sells (for Albion Ventures)
020 7638 9571 or jamie.brownlee@citigatedr.co.uk / david.sells@citigatedr.co.uk

Maddie Vararu (for SBD)
01908 305 107 or maddievararu@sbdautomotive.com

About Albion Ventures

Albion Ventures LLP is a leading venture capital investor which has been managing investments in small unquoted UK companies since 1996. Albion Ventures has funds of £455 million under investment management or administration. In addition to six Albion VCTs, it also manages the UCL Technology Fund and provides administration services to Albion Community Power PLC and Albion Care Communities.

Albion Ventures invests between £0.25-10m in growing businesses within a variety of sectors including healthcare, technology, renewable energy, travel and leisure, and asset-based businesses. Our approach is to provide strategic advice as well as financial resources in order to realise the full potential of the business invested in and so create returns for our shareholders.

Albion Ventures is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

About SBD

Through independent research, evaluation and strategic support, SBD helps vehicle manufacturers and their partners create autonomous, more secure and better connected cars.

SBD has offices in Europe, North America, Japan and India. Founded in 1997, the company has established a unique position in the automotive industry through its large team of specialists in connected car technologies, advanced driver assistance and automotive cybersecurity. Their unrivalled knowledge and experience is trusted by 95% of the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers.

Find out more at sbdautomotive.com

DB Networks, a cyber security database company announced that the latest in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based security technologies, including machine learning and behavioural analysis offered in the DB Networks DBN-6300 and Layer 7 Database Sensor, is being deployed to intelligently combat modern cyber security database threats. This is leading to a trend over the next several years where individual AI-based security systems will be integrated into organisations’ comprehensive autonomous cyber security architecture. Intelligent security sensors will be deployed throughout the network to not only immediately and accurately identify security events, but also to remediate them.

The entire IT security industry is seeing a major transformation from signature-based solutions (black lists and white lists) to highly intelligent security solutions based on AI. There are two primary forces driving this transformation:

First, security professionals know signature matching is no longer an effective means to identifying modern attacks. Cyber criminals easily obfuscate their attacks to be unrecognisable to signature matching security systems. Cyber criminals automate these attacks to continuously test endless combinations of obfuscated attacks, and with enough time eventually penetrate the perimeter.

Second, IT security teams are severely understaffed. There is presently a shortage of more than 200,000 security professionals in the U.S. alone. Security operation centres are deluged with alerts each day and are able to respond to only a small fraction of them.

These two dynamic forces are causing security teams across all industries to look to automation to alleviate the distress their organisations are facing today.

“AI-based cyber security is truly a sea change in the security industry,“ said DB Networks’ Chairman and CEO Brett Helm. “AI enables us to quickly and accurately ‘separate the wheat from the chaff’ to identify cyber attacks in progress. In future generations of product, DB Networks will use the output from AI to drive autonomous cyber security technologies that not only block attacks but also automatically heal the vulnerabilities.“

DB Networks is dedicated to protecting mission critical databases through its patented AI technologies based on machine learning and behavioural analysis. Operating non-intrusively at the database tier, directly in front of the database servers, the DBN-6300 and Layer 7 Database Sensor are in the optimal location to conduct deep analysis of database traffic. These products can immediately and automatically identify compromised database credentials, non-intrusively discover all databases (including the undocumented databases), pinpoint traffic to/from restricted segments, and detect advanced database attacks.

Source: DB Networks