ENISA releases “ENISA good practices for security of Smart Cars” report

The automotive industry is moving towards connected and autonomous vehicles. More and smarter cars, especially self-driving cars, have begun to add a large number of digital functions to enhance the user experience or improve the safety of smart cars. However, if it is not properly protected, smart cars are more likely to be used by hackers and cause cyber attacks, resulting in the inability to drive vehicles, road traffic accidents, financial losses, leakage of sensitive data, and even endanger drivers.

In 2017, the European Network Information Security Agency ENISA released the first version of the “Good Practices on the Security and Resilience of smart cars”. Two years later, ENISA released the second version – ENISA good practices for the security of Smart Cars. The first version of the report awakened the automotive industry’s awareness and needs for automotive cybersecurity, and subsequently developed a number of cybersecurity regulations and plans to ensure vehicle safety.

In the second report of 2019, ENISA focused on the summary and refinement of the best cybersecurity practices for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles. Specifically, ENISA’s research report provides the following information:

This report defines good practices for security of smart cars, namely connected and (semi-) autonomous vehicles, providing added-value features in order to enhance car users’ experience and improve car safety. Taking stock of all existing standardization, legislative and policy initiatives, this report aims to serve as a reference point to promote cybersecurity for smart cars (connected and automated cars) across Europe and raise awareness on relevant threats and risks with a focus on “cybersecurity for safety”.

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