- 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 operations including supply chain systems, the hardware and software facilitating manufacturing equipment, robotics, customer channels, and back-office operations from attacks.