Anna Steffora Mutschler of Semiconductor Engineering recently observed that self-driving cars have prompted the semiconductor industry to consider a number of complex legal and regulatory issues. “[Self-driving vehicles] open up a whole new field for legal interpretation, case law, and regulation,” she explained. “While most liability cases in the past never crossed below the system vendor/supplier level, [this] could change with autonomous vehicles. [In terms of security], self-driving cars pose a huge concern given the amount of silicon and software and the size and mass of vehicles.”
Securing connected vehicles with Rambus CryptoManager
Tyne and Wear Metro see major passenger increase
Ridership on the UK-based Tyne and Wear Metro has hit a six-year high, with the Department for Transport confirming an extra two million journeys on the Tyne Wear Metro for 2015/16. According to Katie Dickinson of the Chronicle Live, the above-mentioned increase represents a 5.7% jump from the previous year, with the number of passengers exceeding approximately 40 million. In addition, the average Metro carriage was occupied by 62 people in 2015-16, up from 58 the year before.
Rambus and Movimento team on personalized security for automotive
Rambus Inc. and Movimento are partnering to deliver secure, personalized over-the-air (OTA) vehicle updates critical to safety and performance in the era of the connected car.
Rambus is a specialist in digital security that provides a secure foundation for a connected world, and Movimento specializes in OTA software lifecycle and data management for the automotive/IoT sectors.
Movimento and Rambus are demonstrating the joint solution at TU-Automotive in Detroit. Visitors can see how the solution works on a live demo using a Dodge RAM truck in Movimento’s booth C67.
Can Rambus Hack Auto Cyber-Security?
MADISON, Wis. — Since last summer, automakers in Detroit have been losing sleep over two vexing issues: Over-the-Air (OTA) software/firmware updates and cyber-security for connected cars.
First, OTA is a big unknown to carmakers who have traditionally depended on service visits to dealerships for software updates. Only a few automakers have OTA update capabilities, and only Tesla can remotely update all safety-critical systems on its entire fleet.
EE Times talks Rambus and automotive security
Junko Yoshida of the EE Times reports that Rambus is diving into the field of cyber-security for OTA vehicle updates, which she describes as a “red-hot” issue for the current automotive market. “Rambus, a semiconductor and IP licensing company, has partnered with Movimento, a leader in automotive reflash services with innovations in OTA software,” Yoshida writes. “Combining Movimento’s OTA technology with Rambus’ own CryptoManager platform, the two companies have developed a system that offers one-time, single-use keys unique to each vehicle, ensuring validity before installation.”
Rambus and Movimento secure OTA updates for connected vehicles
Rambus and Movimento have teamed up to deliver secure and personalized OTA updates for connected vehicles. As Dr. Simon Blake-Wilson, VP of Products and Marketing at Rambus Cryptography Research points out, numerous OTA solutions designed to deliver functional updates and security patches use the very same software encryption key for multiple vehicles. Essentially, this increases the vulnerability vector of an update.
