The major risks to ground transportation systems stems from the mobile nature of automotive systems. The electronic control units, telemetric/transmission control units, speed control units, onboard diagnostics, navigation systems and consoles will require periodic software and configuration updates. The autonomous operations in modern automobiles will require high assurance of tamper-resistance in inter and intra-system real-time messaging. Isolation of vehicular and entertainment functions will be vital.
The strategy will require at least:
securing the integrity of inter and intra-system messaging
securing the digital secrets (keys) that offer such security countermeasures
rotating the digital secrets at scale and as a remote maintenance activity – as a mitigation strategy for recovery on theft or recall
tamper-resistant content delivery through the supply chain
In the automotive industry, risk is measured in terms of safety and reliability of the systems. While data privacy is important, physical human safety and system uptime drive the security needs of connected cars.
45%
of automotive companies report having a cybersecurity leader in place.
— KPMG Survey
Perimeter-based defenses and threat detection technologies are not enough to defend connected cars against modern cyberattacks. Infotainment, powertrain, autonomous driving, safety, driver assistance, body electronics, navigation, communications, and Internet of Things (IoT) edge devices are vulnerable due to a lack of strong cryptographic controls, including: multi-factor authentication, secure boot, secure update, and secure, encrypted communications.
A Cybersecurity System Tailored for Transportation
Used by more than 200 OEMs to protect more than 100 million devices
Mocana’s end-to-end security system is an FIPS 140-2 validated embedded cybersecurity software solution that ensures device trustworthiness and secure communications by giving industrial automation manufacturers, OEMs and critical infrastructure operators an easy way to harden electronic control units and controllers with multi-factor authentication and trust chaining, as well secure boot to validate the firmware, OS and applications.
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Mocana TrustCenter™
Services platform for automated security lifecycle management
Verizon and Mocana’s partnership will enable manufacturers, infrastructure operators, enterprises and systems integrators to more easily scale IoT security to support billions of devices."
Abhi Dugar
Research director, IoT Security, at IDC
Supply chain integrity is one of the most important challenges facing the industrial IoT. Mocana’s IoT Trust Platform is tackling this problem head on by automating device enrollment and security provisioning. With tools for both suppliers and OEMs, Mocana’s trust services will simplify enrollment and secure updates."
Ed Amoroso
CEO of TAG Cyber, LLC
Mocana’s IoT Security Platform ensures that IoT devices can be trusted and communicate securely to the public and industrial cloud platforms. Their verification of the interoperability and integration of their cloud to AWS, Microsoft Azure IoT, VMWare-based clouds, and GE Predix is a significant benefit for companies working with Mocana."
Vikrant Ghandhi
Industry Director, Digital Transformation, Frost & Sullivan of Frost & Sullivan
Connected devices are being deployed at a rapid pace, and security can no longer be optional. This is a shared industry responsibility, which is why Arm is working with partners including Mocana to shift the economics of security by providing a common framework for building more secure connected devices through PSA."
Paul Williamson
Vice President and General Manager, IoT Device IP, Arm
Attackers are quickly learning that the systems supporting our critical infrastructure are increasingly interconnected. The tools provided by Mocana are rooted in its long history of equipping engineers with the ability to harden devices that perform mission-critical operations."
Rob Westervelt
Research Manager, IDC
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