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Security Expert: Hackers Will Target Low-Profile Vehicle Intrusions
Blatant security hacks on connected/autonomous vehicles aren’t the “big threat.” A security expert believes the top hacking targets will be hard-to-detect.
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Bioprivacy: Designing for a Moving Target
Automotive design standards and specifications can be moving targets. In the autonomous realm, the present lack of formal rulemaking and applicable new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards,...
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Moving Swiftly to Define the Shared-Mobility Future
Public and private partnerships to standardize data, share data, and protect sensitive data are being formed to help understand—and at the same time define—shared-mobility’s...
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Regulatory Framework Emerging as Autonomy Becomes Reality
If the future of driving is autonomous, testing and legislation must be in accord to assure public safety when autonomous vehicles (AVs) begin to deploy.
Articles Design
Hacked!
In 2015 there was no such thing as a ransomware attack against a hospital. In 2016 there were 10 such attacks. The cyber criminals who penetrate and disable computer networks until users pay ransom, profit from vulnerable and easy...
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General Motors Cyber-Boss Cautiously Confident in GM’s, Industry Preparedness
In many business endeavors, a chief leadership function is cheerleading. And if your unit is doing particularly effective work, conventional corporate culture...
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Seeking a Common Language for Vehicle Automation
In late March, SAE had a unique opportunity—a first, according to the record books: Testifying before Congress about an SAE Standard. More specifically J3016—Levels of Vehicle...
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WCX17: Cybersecurity Fears Soar as Connectivity Escalates
For security experts, connectivity is the gift that keeps on giving. The number of threats will increase rapidly as more vehicles are connected, and vulnerabilities on older vehicles...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
SAE J3061 Guidebook Helping to Frame Cybersecurity Policy
The U.S. EPA’s March 14 decision to reopen the Midterm Review of greenhouse-gas emissions standards is the latest policy issue with major technology implications facing the...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Experts Confront Cyber-Security Realities
Connected cars could be hacked by an intentional cyber swipe or compromised by an unintentional intrusion.
Articles Automotive
Patton’s New Campaign
From his elevated position with the American arm of automotive megasupplier Denso, Doug Patton has a commanding view of the engineering landscape — and some power to help shape it.
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Attacking the Cybersecurity Threat
SAE Standards News aims to update readers on the extensive activity in the SAE Global Ground Vehicle Standards development arena, by more than 800 ground vehicle committees comprised of volunteers from global...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Need for Cybersecurity Awareness for Managers Grows
Automotive security has rapidly evolved from door locks and remote keyless entry to the complex world of cybersecurity. Top executives and engineering managers must quickly get up to speed...
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U.S. DoT Chooses SAE J3016 for Vehicle-Autonomy Policy Guidance
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation's policy guidance released Sept. 20 on the testing and deployment of automated vehicles validates SAE International's J3016 standard as the global...
News Electronics & Computers
New Auto "ISAC" Is Framework for Improved Cybersecurity
The 2016 SAE Congress forum on Connectivity sounded like a meeting in a war room—peppered with terms like "notification of attack" and "assets deployed" along with talk of "new...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Cybersecurity Experts Confess Their Greatest Worries
What keeps you up at night? Cybersecurity experts at the SAE 2016 World Congress were asked about their deepest worries during a panel session on the levels and nature of cyber...
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Harman Launches New HQ for Connected-Vehicle Developments
Harman International’s $30 million investment in a new, three-story building in metro Detroit consolidates technical specialists from eight separate locations into one vast...
Articles Internet of Things
Baking in Protection
Consumer demands for connectivity open the vehicle up to the dark side of the Internet, making cybersecurity an important design requirement for vehicle providers. Automakers have several unique challenges as they...
Articles Transportation
Cellular, Security Challenge Vehicle-to-Vehicle’s Role
Safety proponents are looking forward to the day when cars can send each other information that can prevent accidents. But cellular technologies may eliminate some benefits of...
News Connectivity
GHG Phase 2 Regs, Autonomous Vehicles Present Challenges, Opportunities
PACCAR Technical Center works closely with all of the company’s truck divisions—DAF in Europe, Peterbilt and Kenworth in North America and globally—and has two...
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SAE and IEEE Join Forces to Explore Potential IoT Standards
SAE International and IEEE are jointly exploring a standards framework related to the rapidly emerging Internet of Things (IoT)—the billions of interconnected “smart” devices...
News Electronics & Computers
With Connectivity Comes Cyber Security Concerns
As connectivity expands throughout the transportation industry, it’s transforming security from door locks to firewalls and antivirus programs. That’s creating a lot of concern as vehicle suppliers and even U.S. FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) agents consider the potential impact on the...
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Cybersecurity, Safety Issues Require Government/industry Cooperation
Two days after serving as the “designated survivor” during President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx served as...
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Cybersecurity for Robot Cars
Users of the first Microsoft Windows personal computers feared the somber glow of the “Blue Screen of Death,” the infamous stop screen that signaled a fatal system crash. But what if your computer is driving...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
SAE Committee Busy Developing Standards to Confront the Cybersecurity Threat
Several cybersecurity-related standards are being developed under SAE International's Global Ground Vehicle Standards group’s Vehicle Electrical System Security...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Cybersecurity Issues Pondered at Connected Car Expo
Cybersecurity is the elephant in the room in every discussion on the connected car, including of course, at the Connected Car Expo of the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show.
News Unmanned Systems
Leading Ford’s Drive for Innovation
Filling the void left by 32-year Ford veteran Paul Mascarenas, Dr. Ken Washington (SAE member, 2014), former Vice President of the Space Technology Advanced Research and Development Laboratories at...
News Electronics & Computers
Cybersecurity Gets Input from Students, Others
Finding ways to prevent cyber attacks on vehicles has the attention of the global automotive industry as well as a few high school and college students.
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Mission Critical: Cybersecurity
The cell phone message from hackers demanded a $20 ransom to unlock the vehicle doors, or the vehicle owner could pay a lot more money to have the vehicle towed to a dealership where the doors would be...
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