What’s the baseline for security and who’s responsible for seeing it gets implemented.
Not many days go by when there isn’t a news headline describing the latest hacking attempt — or success — of an automobile or automotive system.
Malicious hacking has been around almost since the dawn of connected electronics, but it’s happening with increasing sophistication in the automotive sector. Even high-end vehicles suffer security flaws that are too costly or not worthwhile to fix.
The result is that the automotive sector is scrambling to cover its bases, and they’re starting with the parts that are highest priority.