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FASTR. New Kid on the Block. Connected Car Data Security.

What is FASTR? The Future of Automotive Security Technology Research

What are FASTR’s goals?

deliver precompetitive technological building blocks
to assist automotive manufactures across their supply chains
to offer multilayered security throughout vehicles to preserve data confidentiality, system integrity and system availability

What companies are members of FASTR?

Self driving cars estimated to help local governments by:

Adding an “excess of half a trillion dollars” via Morgan Stanley’s Autonomous Vehicles & Municipal Bonds
Creating more efficient roadway use
Dramatically reducing parking garages and parking spaces
Parking structures can be redeveloped to higher value developments, increasing property tax revenue
Increased safety will reduce emergency room visits with the reduction in traffic accidents

There will be some revneue offsets for local…

The self driving car program: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s national Automated Vehicle (AV) Proving Ground

The Texas designation as an AV Proving Ground: Texas AV Proving Grounds Partnership

Are there others in the U.S.? Yes, 9 in total

The real world roadway scenarios to…

U.S. Treasury Department lists the top 40 transportation and water infrastructure projects with major economic significance. On the list:

What entity awarded the 40% crash rate reduction for self driving cars? The NHTSA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Why was NHTSA looking at self driving car crashes? As a result of a Tesla autopilot crash

What did the NHTSA conclude about the crash? No defects in design nor implementation

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…

What is a smart road? A road rired with fiber optic cable, cameras and conencted devices

What are the goals of smart roads?

Where are we seeing smart roads?

Parking revenue is estimated to decline with a rise of autonomous vehicles according to some experts.

How far along are self-driving 18 wheelers? This week the first test run of a self-driving big truck was completed.

Where did the 18 wheeler test drive delivering beer 120 miles away occur? Colorado

What was delivered? Budweiser. 2,000 cases.