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 recommendations for regulation?
- identify what’s necessary to isolate critical systems in a vehicle from the rest of its software
- relevant standards for firewalls and anomaly detection systems
- techniques to prevent or discourage malicious intrusions
- best practices for storing the data generated by connected cars
- timeline for implementing all of this
How fast would they need to make recommendations? Within 1 year
Ars Technica | Worried about cybersecurity and the connected car? There’s a bill for that