What’s New in the World of Vehicles?
Well, there’s actually quite a bit that’s new… It’s awesome, but also pretty scary at the same time.
So, Tesla, Rivian, Mercedes, and many other car manufactures are making all-electric vehicles that are ‘smart’ or have ‘smart’ capabilities (such as self-driving features).
Well, for these vehicles to operate the way they do, many, if not all, require an internet connection. Now, if there’s anything we understand, the car is now a “device” connected to the internet, which could make it a target for hackers (especially if someone wants to steal your car or harm you with it).
Never fear though, there are many organizations that currently (or will soon) devote their time to addressing these issues.
In recent news, NTT Communications Corporation and Denso Corporation have joined hands in creating a business “to respond to the threat of increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks against vehicles.”
NTT Communications is a global IT services company that is a member of the NTT Group (which confusingly also operates NTT Data, another global IT services company). Denso is an auto parts maker that’s part of the Toyota empire.
The two companies have collaborated on vehicle security for a few years now, with NTT Communications bringing its consulting expertise around technologies such as networking, cloud computing, and managed infosec services such as building security operations centres for clients. Denso has shared its knowledge of just what goes on inside a car.
- Simon Sharwood @ The Register
There are four major services of the “Security Operation Center for Vehicles” that we will see:
Vehicle monitoring and cyber-attack detection by automating the acquisition of log output from communications, connected servers, and security devices installed within vehicles
Detection of cyber-attack trends along with the details of actual attacks against vehicles on an individual or fleet-wide basis
Analysis of cyber-attacks and threats by expert security analysts, reporting of results and forensic information that facilitates recovery and response efforts, and real-time visualization and alerting for customers through a client portal site
Vehicle security monitoring on a global scale
The organizations have yet to announce who the customers would be, but if we were to give a hunch, I’d expect it to be quite a few organizations/individuals.
The bigger the Electric Vehicle (EV) market gets - We’ll need to establish more resources for Security Operation Centers for vehicles.
Like we always say… The “ever-evolving threat landscape” is growing.
This article is based on Simon Sharwood’s article on The Register.
Check out the writing here: https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/18/ntt_denso_security_for_cars/
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