PRESS RELEASE
DALLAS and TOKYO, November 15, 2023 — VicOne, an automotive cybersecurity options chief, right now launched the primary joint resolution with Block Harbor since asserting its funding within the firm earlier this yr. VicOne and Block Harbor have developed an built-in workflow-based system for the automotive business that gives actionable intelligence to cybersecurity design groups, the Automobile Safety Operations Heart (VSOC) and Product Safety Incident Response Groups. Designed to assist automakers generate income from the elevated quantity and velocity of software-enabled characteristic releases and upkeep, this method considerably adjustments the present time-consuming handbook and siloed course of, to assist extra software program updates within the automobile and handle the growing risk notion.
“With the mixed experience of Block Harbor in cybersecurity design and working manufacturing techniques, and greater than 30 years of VicOne’s risk intelligence and market main vulnerability disclosures, we’re capable of repeatedly monitor threats and constantly enhance the accuracy of cybersecurity posture over time,” stated Max Cheng, CEO, VicOne. “This collaboration successfully bridges the hole between design and upkeep groups, making certain a quicker and extra environment friendly design that’s studying from cybersecurity posture through the automobile deployment and upkeep lifecycle.”
The built-in VicOne and Block Harbor resolution is a modular system that helps handle cybersecurity design and fixes in software program outlined automobiles at scale. When a brand new risk or vulnerability is found, it instantly helps automakers notice how they’re impacted and the severity of the danger. It empowers them to make a fast choice on the motion required, and to assign the best proprietor.
The system additionally permits the design groups to question manufacturing knowledge and enhance the design, that goes right into a steady studying mannequin on the digital twin of the automobile for additional testing. Software program characteristic releases could be examined for cybersecurity with velocity and reliability, and automobiles on the street could be up to date over the air (OTA). As well as, the modular system is designed utilizing open requirements for higher and safer connectivity to completely different knowledge sources. This allows customers within the automotive business to decide on their very own deployment mannequin, relying on their cybersecurity roadmap.
”Driver and passenger security is paramount for carmakers with the ever-increasing risk of cyberattacks on software program outlined automobiles from hackers regularly searching for weaknesses,” stated Brandon Barry, CEO, Block Harbor. “As automobiles turn into extra dynamic – with software program adjustments and have releases at the next frequency – we’re making it simple to take care of automobile cybersecurity lifecycle, defending future revenues and making certain that developments in mobility keep protected.”
Extra detailed data on the built-in workflow-based resolution from VicOne and Block Harbor, and associated use circumstances is obtainable in a VicOne white paper, which could be obtain right here.
About VicOne
With a imaginative and prescient to safe the automobiles of tomorrow, VicOne delivers a broad portfolio of cybersecurity software program and providers for the automotive business. Goal-built to deal with the rigorous wants of automotive producers, VicOne options are designed to safe and scale with the specialised calls for of the fashionable automobile. As a Development Micro subsidiary, VicOne is powered by a stable basis in cybersecurity drawn from Development Micro’s 30+ years within the business, delivering unparalleled automotive safety and deep safety insights that allow our prospects to construct safe in addition to sensible automobiles. For extra data, go to www.vicone.com.
About Block Harbor
Block Harbor was established in 2014 in direct response to the Jeep Hack – the second the business took discover to the danger of cyberattacks to automobiles. In launching with a number of of the Automakers, Suppliers, and Auditors that have been fast to behave in automobile cybersecurity, Block Harbor has at all times operated on the forefront, fixing new challenges and constructing new options alongside our prospects. Block Harbor’s platform, the Automobile Safety Engineering Cloud (VSEC), mixed with Block Harbor’s providers from our Automobile Safety Operations group and our Automobile Cybersecurity Labs group leads the business with options which are tailor match for the mobility ecosystem. Study extra at blockharbor.io.