Carmakers Join Forces To Fight Auto Hacking
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Leaders in the automotive industry are getting serious about cybersecurity and how to prevent cars from being hacked, by joining forces.
The Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center is publishing its first set of cybersecurity "best practices" and is meeting Friday with government leaders to discuss the issue.
Automakers are usually known for being very secretive about new innovations. The Auto ISAC is now the antithesis of that model.
"It is the cultural shift in that we've seen in the last two years about the openness, and the ability to share information," acting executive director of Auto ISAC said Jon Allen told KCBS. "Not only just about threats and vulnerabilities on vehicles, but now through the best practices effort we just released yesterday, is how we can protect the ecosystem as a whole? How can we together protect the vehicle fleet?"
Like industries that have proceeded them with information sharing and analysis, automakers realize that an attack on one is potentially an attack on all. A drill was conducted Thursday so members would know how to share cyberthreats and vulnerability information with one another.
"So in the future, should we have a cyberattack on a vehicle, we have those processes in place to respond to and recover quickly from a cyberattack
Worries have been on the rise since hackers took control of a Jeep Cherokee through its Wi-Fi connection, as seen on an episode of "60 Minutes."
