SAE STANDARDS NEWS

Attacking the cybersecurity threat

SAE Standards News provides an update on the vital activities in the SAE Global Ground Vehicle Standards development process, engaged by more than 800 ground-vehicle committees comprised of volunteers from global industry stakeholders and SAE GVS staff who support the committee work.

Hot topics among product developers don't get much hotter than cybersecurity. “We have quite a few things [on that subject] in the pipeline,” noted Tim Weisenberger, Project Manager, Technical Programs, Ground Vehicle Standards.

First SAE Cyber committee: The scope of SAE's first cybersecurity committee-focused on Vehicle Electrical Systems Security-encompasses on-board vehicle electrical systems that affect vehicle control, or otherwise act contrary to the occupants' interests if the systems are manipulated by an attacker. The committee brings together experts from the automotive and cybersecurity industries for information sharing, Weisenberger said. It has one work in progress (WIP) in the active Vehicle Electrical Hardware Security task force.