How Cybersecurity Bills Can Hamper Self Driving Car Legislation.

Automakers say they need flexibility to adapt technology of self driving cars. 

What’s known for flexibility? the sarcastic answer: enacted statutes and their ability to keep up with technology

What’s the solution for cybersecurity for self driving cars? According to the American Center for Mobility self imposed rules by industry are the best option.

Automotive News | Cybersecurity push may tie up autonomous-car legislation

Intelligent Transportation Cybersecurity Task Force. 3 Bits of informed:intel

The brainchildren behind Intelligent Transportation Cybersecurity Task Force: Intelligent Transportation Society of America & nonprofit Cyber Future Foundation

Which stakeholders are involved? auto manufacturers, government leaders and transportation officials

What will the task forces study? cybersecurity issues-  legal and liability issues and policy, regulation and legislation- to esnusre the highest elevel of safety and privacy in a connected transportation environment

Politico | Morning…

3 Ways Smart Cities = Data Security Nightmare

The uptick in hacks as connectivity increases:

Smart technology adoption is high, but:

  • innovations are deployed without robust testing
  • cybersecurity is often neglected
  • security protocols are not kept current

A hypothetical hack of power systems impacting 93 Million in North America would cost:

 anywhere from $21 billion to $71…

Cybersecurity. Motor Vehicles. 5 Points from the new Federal Bill.

The legislation:  Security and Privacy in Your Car Study Act of 2017

The authors:  Reps. Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Ted Lieu (D-CA)

What does the bill do? Brings together the following entities to determine how to regulate data for connected cars:

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • National Institutes of Standards and Technology
  • Department of Defense
  • OEMs and suppliers
  • SAE international
  • academics

What elements do these groups need to consider in their…

TREND. Contracting Opportunity. Cybersecurity Validators.

The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security recommends  3rd party cybersecurity evaluations for self driving and connected cars. 

Why the need for 3rd parties? The current cybersecurity standards for vehicles is not enough.

Bonjour, new opportunities to provide cybersecurity evaluations…

The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security | Cyber Security and Resilience of smart cars

Legislating. Regulating. Information the Vehicles Store.

On the horizon is rulemaking to make cars talk to each other. Cars will transfer information about how the car is moving and where it is, that gives rise to these legislative and regulatory questions?

  • Can the data stored or transmitted by cars be used in tort litigation?
  • Can the data stored or transmitted by cars be used in any litigation?
  • Do data breach standards apply of this information is hacked?

The future is here. U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing new rules to require…

3 Steps to Thwart Ransomeware. Local Government Success Over Hackers.

How did San Francisco’s Muni system stop a ransomeware attack that held its system hostage? In 3 steps:

  • Shut down electronics- opened fare gates & shut down ticket machines
  • Contacted Homeland Security
  • Relied on its technology team to restart the system from a backup

The success of Muni’s actions:

  • Friday night the electronic ticketing shut down, by Monday the system was up and running
  • No confidential information was obtained by the hackers
  • Muni never communicated with the hackers…

Data Security Pops Up in Self Driving Car Regulations. The Key Intel:

What’s missing from self driving car regulations? Assurances that governmental agencies aren’t trying to gather data.

What type of data could be collected about a self driving car?

  • identifying information including:
    • names,
    • phone numbers
    • credit card info
    • usage data
    • real-time and historic geolocation data

The legislative/policy/regulatory buzz word? Privacy.

Tech Crunch | Lyft wants more explicit protection of consumer data from NHTSA on self-driving