Have You Thought About Autonomous EV Cybersecurity?

NHTSA (The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) is dedicated to promoting the safety benefits of advanced vehicle technologies, while ensuring that they are secure from cyber threats. They recognize the growing importance of cybersecurity in autonomous EVs. As the industry moves towards full automation, it is crucial to ensure that advanced driver assistance technologies and vehicle safety communications are resilient and work as intended. 

Current research includes collaborating with automotive companies to address cybersecurity risks and safeguard these systems through a multi-faceted research approach. This includes research on anomaly-based intrusion detection systems, cybersecurity of firmware updates, heavy vehicle cybersecurity and reference parser development for V2V communication interfaces. 

Working together for a safer tomorrow, it’s imperative that we share industry-wide information through initiatives like Auto-ISAC. (Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center). It’s a global forum for collaboration with various stakeholders, including manufacturers and the public, to expand and share information related to vehicle cybersecurity and includes risk-based identification and protection, timely detection and response, cyber resiliency and industry-wide information sharing.

The NHTSA uses various research approaches to develop new cybersecurity solutions and performance evaluation methods, while promoting a layered approach to cybersecurity. As the industry moves towards full automation, the NHTSA continues to work with automotive companies to address cybersecurity risks and safeguard advanced driver assistance technologies through initiatives like Auto-ISAC. These measures will reduce the possibility of a successful vehicle cyber-attack and mitigate the potential consequences of a successful intrusion. 

From NHTSA Website:

The objective of this strategy is to promote the impact of the various safety applications employed in current vehicles, as well as those envisioned for future vehicles that may feature more advanced forms of automation and connectivity. NHTSA’s approach to vehicle cybersecurity has the following goals:

1. Expand and share the automotive cybersecurity knowledge base to better establish comprehensive research plans and develop enabling tools for applied research in this area;
2. Support the automotive industry in implementing effective, industry-based best practices and voluntary standards for cybersecurity and participate in cybersecurity information-sharing forums;
3. Foster the development of new system solutions for automotive cybersecurity; and
4. Determine the feasibility of developing performance evaluation methods for automotive cybersecurity. 

   More info here:
   https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/2022-09/cybersecurity-best-practices-safety-modern-vehicles-2022-tag.pdf

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