Title :
Paradigm change of vehicle cyber security
Author_Institution :
Strategic Res. Group, Alpine Electron. Res. of America, Inc., Torrance, CA, USA
Abstract :
Recently, cyber security for non-computers, such as transportation, utility, home appliance and others has become a serious social concern. Intelligent and electrificated modern vehicles have more MCU (micro controller units), more software code than ever, which comes with huge cyber risks. Especially increased connectivity between vehicles and smart-phones / portable music-players changes the paradigm of vehicle cyber security, as virus and malware in smart-phones or music-players can invade automotive electronics. In this paper, first we introduce this new risk and assess the severity of this risk by a public risk assessment tool. Then we analyze the difficulties of cyber security in automotive electronics with limited network connectivity and low computational performance. Finally we conclude it with key findings and suggestions against this new risk.
Keywords :
automotive electronics; computer viruses; microcontrollers; risk management; smart phones; telecommunication security; traffic engineering computing; vehicular ad hoc networks; MCU; automotive electronics; cyber risks; electrificated modern vehicles; intelligent vehicles; limited network connectivity; malware; micro controller units; paradigm change; portable music-players; public risk assessment tool; smart-phones; software code; vehicle cyber security; virus; Automotive electronics; Encryption; Malware; Software; Standards; Vehicles; DoS (Denial of Services); application download; automotive electronics; cyber security; smart-phone; vehicle connectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Cyber Conflict (CYCON), 2012 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tallinn
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1270-7
