Experts hope V2X connectivity will reduce cybersecurity risks for intelligent transportation – Urgent Comms
The future of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) depends on a number of factors, and one of the most vital ones is cybersecurity.
Protecting the vehicles, the highways and the infrastructure that support them is now seen as one of the key elements to accelerating the technologies. One emerging technology that will inevitably have an impact on vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications is cellular-vehicle-to-everything (C2X), which the GSMA explains is “designed to connect vehicles to each other, to roadside infrastructure, to other road-users and to cloud-based services”. The aim is to enable intelligent transport, which also needs be secured.
Cyber-risk impacts
So, what are the cyber-risks that could impact V2X communications and infrastructure, as well as the safety of connected and autonomous vehicles? Well, according to Jaeson Yoo, Chief Security Officer at Autocrypt, the line between cyber-risks and human safety “are becoming increasingly blurred every year”. Cyber-risks can impact on the safety of CAVs directly, and a hacking event could, in the worst-case scenario, lead to an accident causing loss of life.
Yoo explains: “After all, if data transmissions can be manipulated by hackers, this can undermine real-life safety. Successful attacks on communications infrastructure can affect all endpoints, including vehicles. Simply put, the costs of cybersecurity negligence can no longer be tolerated. Unlike the past, cyberattacks are no longer limited to embarrassment, loss of brand reputation, or even financial loss. In V2X communications and infrastructure, this could mean the life of not just the driver, but so many more lives become highly vulnerable.”
Protecting the vehicles, the highways and the infrastructure that support them is now seen as one of the key elements to accelerating the technologies. One emerging technology that will inevitably have an impact on vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications is cellular-vehicle-to-everything (C2X), which the GSMA explains is “designed to connect vehicles to each other, to roadside infrastructure, to other road-users and to cloud-based services”. The aim is to enable intelligent transport, which also needs be secured.
Cyber-risk impacts
So, what are the cyber-risks that could impact V2X communications and infrastructure, as well as the safety of connected and autonomous vehicles? Well, according to Jaeson Yoo, Chief Security Officer at Autocrypt, the line between cyber-risks and human safety “are becoming increasingly blurred every year”. Cyber-risks can impact on the safety of CAVs directly, and a hacking event could, in the worst-case scenario, lead to an accident causing loss of life.
Yoo explains: “After all, if data transmissions can be manipulated by hackers, this can undermine real-life safety. Successful attacks on communications infrastructure can affect all endpoints, including vehicles. Simply put, the costs of cybersecurity negligence can no longer be tolerated. Unlike the past, cyberattacks are no longer limited to embarrassment, loss of brand reputation, or even financial loss. In V2X communications and infrastructure, this could mean the life of not just the driver, but so many more lives become highly vulnerable.”
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