SECURITY IN AUTOMOTIVE & THE INTERNET OF THINGS

Why is it important?

Traditional Connected Devices

In the typical Wintel or mobile phone environment where most of our internet connectivity has existed, there is today a considerable overhead of code and memory devoted to securing the applications. This results in an acceptably high threshold for hackers to surmount to compromise these devices.

End-to-End Security

Chip and technology makers such as ARM are focused on security and are working to integrate new security features into the next generation of microcontrollers.

These features allow customers to embed unique keys that can be programmed into their chips and used to identify users accessing the chip to determine the users’ validity.

EPS is working to develop a portfolio of programming services in the area of security to allow our customers to take full advantage of these new features.

Automotive & IoT

In automotive electronics, many of the chips and operating systems used are smaller and do not carry the same memory or security overhead. Thanks to the IoT however, they are beginning to share some of the same connectivity. This results in a concern that key systems may be too easily compromised by hackers.

SECURE PROVISIONING SERVICES

How EPS is addressing security concerns for Automotive & IoT applications

In any design the security is only as good as the weakest link. A sophisticated password to your computer is useless if it’s written on a Post-it stuck to the screen.

Therefore we have given thought to the end to end process of how our customers develop and deploy secure designs. We are working closely with chip vendors and software providers on our solutions.

Our main objective is to allow our customers to seamlessly access a global network of secure programming centers to service their high volume requirements. Specifically we plan to:

  • Roll out ISO 27000 across our global network of programming centres.
  • Add biometric ID access to each machine in our programming centers.
  • Complete background checks for our all EPS staff operating our equipment.
  • Provide secure VPN access moderated by Hardware Security Modules (HSM) to allow secure encrypted transfer of programming files to individual machines in our network.

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