With modern over-the-air updates one can turn a fleet of cars into an army of adversarial robots.
The concepts of secure platforms, run-time systems, and protecting critical assets are well known within the industry. Blackberry is a leading supplier of secure operating systems for automobiles. The application of these secure methods for cybersecurity are left to automakers as voluntary self certification.
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has been developing a vehicle regulation with regards to cybersecurity in connected and autonomous vehicles. UNECE vehicle regulations are law in 54 nations, and most other nations accept UNECE approved vehicles for import, registration, sale and use.
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