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Connected Cars: Strategies For Reducing The Ever-Expanding Risk

2016-05-12/0 Comments/in General Security/by SecurityOrb_Staff

The best way automakers can keep customers safe and mitigate threats to their own enterprise is to first hack themselves.

Cyber Security Agenda for the Next President

2016-05-12/0 Comments/in General Security/by SecurityOrb_Staff

The Obama administration has implemented a number of cybersecurity and privacy initiatives aimed at making IT more secure for the federal government and the private sector.

Connected Cars: Strategies For Reducing The Ever-Expanding Risk

2016-05-12/0 Comments/in General Security/by SecurityOrb_Staff

The best way automakers can keep customers safe and mitigate threats to their own enterprise is to first hack themselves.

Cyber Security Agenda for the Next President

2016-05-12/0 Comments/in General Security/by SecurityOrb_Staff

The Obama administration has implemented a number of cybersecurity and privacy initiatives aimed at making IT more secure for the federal government and the private sector.

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Connected Cars: Strategies For Reducing The Ever-Expanding Risk

2016-05-12/0 Comments/in General Security/by SecurityOrb_Staff

The best way automakers can keep customers safe and mitigate threats to their own enterprise is to first hack themselves.

As automakers improve the driving experience with digital technology, they also open up new avenues for attack. The good news is that these avenues are too advanced for the average “script kiddie.” They are, however, by no means beyond the abilities of well-funded experts, as many hackers are these days.

In fact, one automaker contracted my firm well before the headline-grabbing Jeep Cherokee hack last summer to conduct an advanced attack on their entire enterprise. Within four weeks, our ten-person team of ethical hackers was able to gain access that would have allowed us to interfere with both corporate and manufacturing networks as well as conduct unauthorized interactions with the vehicles.

This ever-expanding attack surface of connected cars exposes significant risk to drivers’ safety, but it is also a serious threat to private customer and enterprise data. To maintain the public’s confidence, automotive manufacturers must develop proactive solutions that address major issues beyond the vehicle itself.

Cyber Security Agenda for the Next President

2016-05-12/0 Comments/in General Security/by SecurityOrb_Staff

The Obama administration has implemented a number of cybersecurity and privacy initiatives aimed at making IT more secure for the federal government and the private sector. Those include the cybersecurity framework, National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, employing encryption and sharing cyberthreat information.

Will the next president carry on the Obama cybersecurity policies or decide to take a different approach? That’s a question to be debated by a panel of experts at Information Security Media Group’s Fraud and Breach Prevention Summit in the Washington area May 17 and 18.