Canadian Experts Warn of Autonomous-Vehicles Hacking Risks With multiple partners involved in making sure navigational automobile systems are not compromised – from parts makers, to assemblers, network operators, to administrators, parking managers and motorists – “The supply chain needs to be built on global trust,” University of Windsor researcher Ikjot Saini says.
OTTAWA – Canadian auto dealers, whose sales of high-tech vehicles may be hampered by safety concerns linked to hacking and computer viruses, are being assisted by a new university cyber-protection unit allied to parts makers.
The SHIELD Automotive Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence is based at the University of Windsor, just across the Detroit River, and will work with Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturing Assn. (APMA), with which it has signed a memorandum of understanding.
- APMA s Institute for Automotive Cybersecurity and KPMG in Canada help suppliers close cybersecurity gaps. -
At a time when the automotive industry is increasingly focused on connected cars and information services, less than half (42 per cent) of Canadian auto parts manufacturers recognize how today s vehicles are potential hotbeds for cybersecurity threats, finds a new report by the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association s (APMA) Institute of Automotive Cybersecurity (apmaIAC) and KPMG in Canada.
The joint apmaIAC / KPMG Canadian automotive cyber preparedness report finds that many auto parts suppliers have yet to embrace the elements of security, privacy, and cyber safety in their operations because they feel their individual product offering is not technologically advanced. Yet, today s vehicles are micro-communities in themselves with vehicle-to-everything technology. And, cyber threats also extend to the manufacturers themselves and they need to guard all parts of their