Implementing Automotive Cybersecurity in the Supply Chain

by Dr.Juan Pimentel published on October 01, 2020

Vehicles are becoming increasingly complex with many convenience, functional, performance, and safety features added constantly. Such complexity and a multitude of features also introduce many attack surfaces enabling attackers to reach vehicle assets and incur losses to stakeholders. As per the ISO/SAE 21434 standard, automotive cybersecurity is a condition in which assets are sufficiently protected against threat scenarios to electrical or electronic components of road vehicles and their functions. The area of security is not new which originally started in the area of IT (information technology) security to later include operational IT security, and industrial security.

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Author

Dr.Juan Pimentel

Juan Pimentel - Principal Cyber Security Consultant • Omnex Inc. Juan Pimentel, Omnex principal Cyber Security consultant. He is a member of the US technical Advisory Group for ISO 21448 and writer of the standard. He has extensive Engineering, Safety and Cybersecurity experience. He is also the author of many papers on the safety and security of automotive systems ranging from drive-by-wire systems to ADAS to automated vehicles. He has developed and conducted professional training courses on safeguarding process control systems, safety instrumented systems (SIS), protecting industrial systems including relevant standards (IEC 61508, IEC 61511, and ISO 26262)