AI in Automotive Cybersecurity | Three Day Agenda

o  Learn how metrics were established around implementation of R155.

o  Find out the exact process that was adopted to achieve compliance.

o  How did the OEM prove that they were compliant?

o  Gain clarity on what challenges to expect on the road to R155 compliance and what measures to adopt to mitigate them. 

Darren Shelcusky

Senior Consultant Vehicle and Mobility Cybersecurity
Ford Motor Company

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As a vehicle manufacture are providing software updates to vehicles, you need to comply with the UN R156 and establish a SUMS to sell vehicles in UNECE member states. This presentation will demonstrate how to cost effectively implement a SUMS and prepare for UN R156 type approval. 

Where the industry is right here, right now, there is a lot of fear, uncertainty, doubt surrounding AI. Everybody wants to understand a little better, what is and is not possible with AI, and how security in the automotive industry will be impacted by AI.

This presentation will set the tone for the AI focused stream, with an AI expert sharing insights on:

o  What is the latest and greatest AI technology out there.

o  Recent developments in AI security for EV and autonomous driving applications.

o  What are automotive industry professionals using AI for and what are their biggest security concerns around it.

o  Pitfalls of using AI.

o  What security and privacy issues should companies look out for when using AI, and which AI tools can help mitigate security issues. 

Danil Prokhorov

Research Manager
Toyota Motor R&D

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o  Find out what OEMs see as the biggest threats with AI in the vehicle.

o  What can be done from a design point of view to mitigate these threats, including employing AI within embedded ECUs to look for threats or some analytics.

o  Establishing what suppliers can do help OEMs protect against threats and vulnerabilities. 

o  How can Gen AI give hackers another set of tools that speed up hacking and elevate their maturity levels.

o  How can Gen AI tools help automotive companies to mitigate security issues.

o  Sharing if any real-world issues have been experienced where hackers have used Gen AI and affected automotive modules. 

Quantum Computing is something that's at the cusp right now; and the industry as whole needs to start having conversations around threats that exist in the environment today. The transition from here to where we need to be with new algorithms and with post quantum threat is going to require a tactical approach.

o  Understand when quantum computing is coming and what we need to do now/in six months/and in 18 months to prepare for this change.

o  Keep an eye on when elliptical algorithms are going to be not useful anymore.

o  Understand when companies will need to start thinking about implementing a new crypto algorithm.

o  Learn how the industry can protect against these cybersecurity risks and the extent of this threat on encryption methods.

This fireside chat will see a distinguished guest speaker handling and answering some of your most asked questions, including:

o  How does machine learning work and how can it be manipulated?

o  Why is it challenging to know what a machine learning algorithm is going to do?

o  How does ML affect security and how can we ensure this security is maintained after vehicle assault.

o  How do you know that the machine learning-based systems in a vehicle is going to do what you think it’s going to do?

o  How do we know that the machine learning algorithms that we’ve trained are representative of what will happen in the real world and include edge cases?

o  How do we explain the behavior of machine learning algorithms afterwards?

Attendees can now join the parallel sessions.

The current trend for AV and ADAS application to go for a single compute unit instead of many computers or embedded chips presents unique challenges for the industry.

o  Understand what the biggest security threats will be.

o  Understand how the single compute platform will look for hardware companies.

o  Measures to ensure security of a single compute platform.

o   How to respond to a security event in an autonomous vehicle.

What will be discussed:

o  Is maintenance of an SDV easier or harder?

o  If OEMs are going to make changes to software architecture, what are some of the strategies that they can adopt to make it more maintainable.

o  How does the OEM-Supplier interface and roles/responsibilities change with SDVs.

o  What does security testing look like over time.

o  How do you integrate test security testing at earlier stages in the lifecycle.

There’s a huge need for talent in the automotive space, and continued skill and availability of skilled people is hugely important. This session is focused entirely on finding out what car companies are looking for from their employees, and what type of training vendors can offer.

What will be discussed:

o  What is the profile of individual we need today, and what type of profile will be need in 10 years – do we have a flexible academic program to ensure that?

o  Redefining the role of who we need to solve the security challenge of SDVs.

o  From an education standpoint, what is the most important certification.

o  What resources and support is available for someone who is already in the industry and wants to learn more about transitioning into cybersecurity.

o  What type of vendor support and training is available.

Robert Schiff

Senior Manager, Product Safety & Cybersecurity Transformation Programs
ZF Group

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Ellen Lu

Senior Cybersecurity Manager
Dana Incorporated

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The industry is not as mature in the manufacturing space, especially with upticks of ransomware and a lot of people thinking their manufacturing is a closed network, when it might not be. This small group workshop focuses on addressing vulnerabilities associated with our manufacturing environment without halting or impacting manufacture of vehicles/products.

Share ideas and best practices on:

o  How to implement security in older machines that are still required to manufacture products in an efficient and acceptable manner.

o  How to ensure that the other lines are not infected if there’s a breach of security on the manufacturing side.

o  How to secure/streamline signing for cycles from common hacks.

o  Where does the responsibility of the supplier end, and the OEM start.

o  How to store the right keys and how many keys do you need.

Rincy Raju

System Architect Specialist
Dana Incorporated

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