Automotive Industry Cyber Security Solutions
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Automotive Industry Cyber Security
With the rapid increase in interconnectedness and digitization in the automotive sector, the potential attack surface for vehicles, both present and future, is constantly expanding. The 2015 Jeep-Hack incident demonstrated the severity of vulnerabilities in vehicle systems, highlighting the direct threats to human safety and well-being due to the physical nature of vehicles. Additionally, risks encompass accessing personal data, unlocking paid services, and more. Conducting IT security assessments of vehicles and their integrated control units has become imperative to mitigate potential high-impact attacks.
In Automotive Security Assessments, we scrutinize individual electronic control units and entire vehicles for vulnerabilities related to these attack vectors. The assessment encompasses both hardware and software analyses of control units. The evaluator assumes the role of both an external attacker and a privileged user. Potential attacks range from memory dumping and man-in-the-middle attacks to exploiting vulnerabilities in exposed interfaces like CAN, Ethernet, Bluetooth, or USB to infiltrate systems.
While the assessment aims for comprehensive coverage, a risk-based approach, akin to penetration testing, can also be adopted based on the application, system, and threats. This approach hones in on security-critical or vulnerable areas, with the scope adjusted according to agreed time budgets.
At Certcube Labs, we offer comprehensive Automotive Security Assessments that cover both hardware and software aspects, helping organizations identify vulnerabilities and secure their vehicles against potential attacks.
Advancements in automotive technology bring about elevated risks.
The rapid evolution of automotive technology encompasses areas like infotainment, sensors, app integration, and automation. Modern vehicles can host up to 150 electronic control units and over 100 million lines of code, projected to reach 300 million by 2030. This expansion enhances usability but heightens vulnerability to breaches. Attackers target interconnected systems, exploiting software weaknesses. Cyberattacks in automotive not only risk data but also public safety, emphasizing the need to integrate cybersecurity. UL Solutions offers expertise in building automotive cybersecurity, assisting manufacturers in adhering to standards, managing vulnerabilities, and ensuring secure innovations for broader market access.
At CertCube Labs, we specialize in comprehensive cybersecurity assessment for automotive components and systems, offering both hardware and software testing. Our aim is to assist clients in comprehending their product’s susceptibility to exploitation and in validating their security measures. We go beyond by evaluating cybersecurity management systems, ensuring adherence to industry mandates like ISO/SAE 21434 and WP.29, and gauging cybersecurity maturity.
Our consultation and gap analysis extend to comparing cybersecurity systems with UNECE WP.29 regulations and ISO/SAE 21434 prerequisites. We furnish detailed documentation for assessing, designing roadmaps, and establishing frameworks to facilitate compliance. Our advisory services encompass:
- Conducting gap analysis
- Formulating cybersecurity management systems frameworks
- Developing frameworks for software update management systems
- Establishing risk management frameworks
- Implementing threat analysis and risk assessment frameworks
- Overseeing cybersecurity incident monitoring and evaluation
- Managing supply chain vulnerabilities
With our extensive network of IoT and OT security laboratories and adept security professionals, we offer specialized guidance on global security standards and best practices within the automotive ecosystem. We aid companies to:
- Gauge their cybersecurity maturity level
- Chart the course for secure device development
- Manage digital identities of both people and products
- Enhance internal cybersecurity capabilities and procedures
- Verify security integration across product lifecycles
- Stand out in the market by highlighting product security
Benefit from the expertise of over 500 international security specialists as we cater to clients worldwide, armed with deep knowledge of automotive standards and best practices. Our active participation and advisory roles in prominent standards groups and industry consortia, including the International Organization for Standardization and the UN World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations, position us to collaboratively strategize, test, validate, and safeguard your automotive innovations against cybersecurity threats. Join hands with CertCube Labs to drive safer vehicles onto the roads.
Our Methodology to Automotive Sector Security
The Recon Phase
This marks the initiation of the process. Just like any research endeavor, the reconnaissance phase involves thoroughly reviewing all available documentation related to the component under examination. These resources might be provided by the client at the outset of the engagement or obtained through open-source online research methods. What’s remarkable is that the recon phase can start even before we physically possess the product, enabling us to begin assessing while the component is en route.
Once the engineers have the device in hand, the recon phase continues as they meticulously dissect the device, interact with every button, and explore all available options, menus, and configurations.
By the end of the recon phase, the team has gained a comprehensive understanding of the product’s architecture, identified critical assets, or “crown jewels,” within it, and developed a strategic path for potential attacks leading to these assets. Drawing from these discoveries, a threat model is constructed. This model prioritizes high-value aspects of the component, adopting the perspective and goals of an attacker. The findings are then documented clearly and succinctly to communicate back to the client. This juncture serves as a pause point for collaboration with the client to align on the threat model, prioritization, and assessment goals.
The Scanning Phase
At CertCube Labs, during the scanning phase, our engineers strategically plan potential attacks on the product. It’s crucial to record the product’s normal operations, which helps us understand the impact of our attacks. Lack of such logs could lead to unreported consequences. This phase also guides attack refinement based on insights gained. For instance, if the recon phase reveals a Secure Gateway protecting a vehicle’s CAN buses, actual implementation might not align with intended security .
The Attack Phase
At CertCube Labs, the culmination of research, threat modeling, and scanning outcomes forms the foundation for an effective attack plan. The attack phase is where our engineers deploy offensive security tools to exploit the target component. This phase varies extensively based on the tested product:
- Hardware-based attacks: Utilizing debug pinouts like JTAG, UART, or SWD by soldering connectors.
- CAN-based attacks: Forging requests, denial of service, or extracting device info via protocols like CAN, CAN-FD, UDS, etc.
- Reprogramming attacks: Installing malicious firmware through various data buses, cellular, WiFi, or USB.
- Wireless attacks: Targeting product’s access point, exploiting WiFi (e.g., SSH bruteforce).
- Software reverse engineering: Discovering vulnerabilities within firmware like overflows, improper data handling, etc.
- Proprietary technology attacks: Assessing custom protocols, encryption, OS for vulnerabilities.
This tailored approach thrives in uniqueness, adapting attacks based on the product’s characteristics. Our constant communication with clients ensures transparency during this dynamic phase.
The Reporting Phase
In the reporting phase, the culmination of the engagement takes center stage. Engineers consolidate findings from previous stages, offering the client a comprehensive view of their product’s security status. Detailed technical reports delve into each discovery and effective defense mechanisms observed throughout the process. Our approach goes beyond, encompassing root cause analysis, overarching issues, and business impacts in an executive summary. This comprehensive approach adds significant value, aiding clients in rectifying security gaps and enhancing their overall security stance.
At the end of an automotive security assessment, clients gain both a roadmap to a more secure vehicle and the certainty that our engineering team has meticulously tested their component as attackers would. While no security is impenetrable, Praetorian’s goal is to instill confidence, ensuring products can launch without vulnerability concerns. Praetorian remains committed to supporting clients throughout the automotive security lifecycle, offering re-tests, issue understanding, and post-engagement assistance.
Hardware, Software, Infrastructure
At Certcube Labs, our penetration testing experts examine hardware components, interfaces, applications, and networks encompassing the connected vehicle ecosystem. This comprehensive evaluation extends to both internal and external aspects of the vehicle’s digital environment.
Automotive Cybersecurity Advisory
In the ever-evolving landscape of driving automation, connectivity, and autonomous technologies, CertCube Labs emerges as your strategic ally. This transformative era in mobility brings modern vehicles replete with intricate networks of computers and expansive lines of code, often numbering in the hundreds of millions. This extensive connectivity, while enhancing capabilities, simultaneously expands the avenues for potential breaches. As vehicles embrace heightened automation and in-car technologies, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers face escalating complexity and associated risks.
In this dynamic context, CertCube Labs stands ready to guide you through the intricacies of emerging cybersecurity standards and best practices. Our comprehensive advisory services encompass meticulous process assessments and the creation of robust frameworks, ensuring product security, attaining type approval, and successfully introducing safer automotive innovations to the global market.
Crucial Automotive Cybersecurity Standards:
- UNECE WP29 Regulations: Spearheaded by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP29), these regulations are a cornerstone in establishing cybersecurity and over-the-air software requirements. Prioritizing safety and security in vehicle automation, connectivity, and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), WP29 firmly establishes cybersecurity as an imperative for market access and type approval across a spectrum of international member markets.
- ISO/SAE 21434: This influential standard outlines cybersecurity risk management prerequisites for road vehicles. Encompassing electrical and electronic (E/E) systems, components, interfaces, and communications, the requirements span the entire product lifecycle, from conceptualization through decommissioning. They encompass vital aspects such as threat analysis, risk assessment, and rigorous verification.
Our Holistic Support:
- Automotive Cybersecurity Gap Analysis: We meticulously scrutinize your existing cybersecurity management system, assessing its alignment with UNECE WP29 regulations and ISO/SAE 21434 requirements for type approval.
- Automotive Cybersecurity Management System (CSMS) Framework: Our systematic, risk-based approach defines processes, responsibilities, and governance that comprehensively address vehicle cyberthreat risks across development, production, and post-production phases.
- Automotive Cybersecurity Risk Management Framework: A pivotal element of an ISO/SAE 21434 compliant CSMS, this framework establishes an organizational risk management system that spans all cybersecurity engineering activities.
- Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment (TARA) Framework: Our engineering methodology guides in the identification and assessment of cyber vulnerabilities. It aids in selecting countermeasures and constructing robust security testing frameworks.
With CertCube Labs’ expert guidance, your automotive products are fortified against cyber threats, ensuring security while enhancing driving experiences. Our profound industry insights empower you to innovate confidently, developing technologies that meet escalating consumer demands within the interconnected automotive ecosystem. We provide the expertise and assurance needed to flourish in this era of connected vehicles.
Ensure your cybersecurity systems and components align with ISO/SAE 21434 standards through comprehensive penetration testing offered by CertCube Labs.
In the pursuit of ISO/SAE 21434 compliance, your systems undergo rigorous testing and assessments. These evaluations hold a dual significance within the ISO/SAE 21434 framework:
- Documentation Assessments: Under the broader context of ISO/SAE 21434, assessments encompass two main aspects. Firstly, documentation assessments involve formal scrutiny of product documentation in relation to cybersecurity standards. CertCube Labs’ seasoned experts employ meticulous checklists to ensure alignment with ISO/SAE 21434 requirements, assuring thorough conformity.
- Performance Assessments: Secondly, performance assessments extend beyond the confines of ISO/SAE 21434 to evaluate the efficiency of security measures under simulated attack scenarios. Complete assessment of embedded cybersecurity is only feasible post comprehensive testing and analysis to validate system resilience.
ISO/SAE 21434 Penetration Tests: CertCube Labs conducts authorized simulated cyber-attacks, known as penetration tests, to assess computer system security and uncover vulnerabilities. These penetration tests are a pivotal element of our service offerings.
Should prior penetration tests have been conducted, our experts meticulously review test documentation, integrating results into our comprehensive technical reports. Additionally, certification issuance is available based on your specific needs.
CertCube Labs and Automotive Cybersecurity
As a preeminent global leader in testing and verification services, CertCube Labs stands at the forefront of cybersecurity standardization and legislation. Our extensive expertise uniquely positions us to conduct the essential assessments and penetration tests necessary to meet and exceed cybersecurity benchmarks, including those set by ISO/SAE 21434. Partner with CertCube Labs to navigate the intricacies of cybersecurity compliance and enhance your automotive security posture effectively.
Automotive Penetration Tests
TISAX ASSESSMENT
Discover TISAX, the forefront automotive industry initiative for bolstering information security, fortified by CertCube Labs’ expertise.
TISAX, the Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange, is the vanguard solution in safeguarding data integrity and availability within automotive business operations, encompassing manufacturing. An exclusive online platform stands as a hub for exchanging assessment outcomes in the automotive sector, enabling registered companies to securely share their results with trusted partners.
Developed by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) and Volkswagen, TISAX derives its foundation from the Information Security Assessment (ISA). While rooted in ISO/IEC 27001 (information security management systems) and ISO/IEC 27002 (information security controls), TISAX surpasses these by imposing additional criteria to evaluate the information security of automotive supply chain entities.
Vital Benefits of TISAX:
Achieving TISAX certification allows organizations to showcase their security posture with the TISAX label. The benefits extend beyond:
- Recognition of assessment results by all TISAX participants
- A universally accepted assessment standard facilitating seamless result sharing
- Acknowledgement by suppliers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
- Time and cost savings
- Instilling confidence in your organization
- Streamlining processes by eliminating redundant assessments
The TISAX Journey:
- Registration: Initiate the TISAX process by registering through the dedicated online platform, specifying the scope of assessment.
- Engage an Audit Provider: With varying assessment levels based on protection needs, select an audit provider to ensure the security of your information.
- Document Review and/or On-site Assessment: Tailored to the chosen assessment level, this step delves into the evaluation process, ensuring alignment with TISAX requirements.
- Exchange of Results: Following explicit authorization from the assessed company, assessment results can be seamlessly exchanged.
Why CertCube Labs for TISAX Assessment?
Leverage our extensive global experience in both information security and the automotive industry. Our adeptness positions us perfectly to offer TISAX assessments, harmonizing supply chain management, enhancing vehicle safety and reliability, improving quality and efficiency, reducing environmental impact, and ensuring compliance with stringent standards.
CertCube Labs serves as your trusted partner throughout the TISAX journey. We assist in registration, audit provider selection, document review, on-site assessment, and seamless result exchange.
Explore our TISAX Introduction Training Course through SGS Academy. Upon course completion, you will grasp TISAX essentials, differentiating it from ISO/IEC 27001, and gain the know-how to execute successful TISAX projects.
Partner with CertCube Labs to elevate your automotive information security, foster confidence, and fortify your position in the realm of connected vehicles.
Identify and check technical vulnerabilities
The objectives of a hacker targeting a connected vehicle encompass a range of outcomes, mirroring the diverse methods at their disposal. These may include system compromise, unauthorized data acquisition, or disruption of services. By assuming the role of an attacker and adopting their mindset and tactics, cybersecurity experts can effectively pinpoint and assess technical vulnerabilities, facilitating the development of precise mitigation strategies.
Automatic and manual test procedures
At Certcube Labs, our penetration testers follow a two-pronged approach. Automated vulnerability assessments target known weak points in IT systems. For identifying previously undiscovered, especially automotive-related security gaps, manual penetration tests are crucial. These systematic and adaptable tests simulate real-world attack methods using relevant tools, aiming to proactively unveil vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.
Automotive pentesting with Certcube Labs
Evaluating the security of vital infrastructures is an integral component of a robust IT security strategy. At Certcube Labs, we possess the expertise and necessary impartiality to meticulously assess the security posture of your systems and applications. Collaboratively, we define the testing scope and approach, aligned with your business goals and security needs. Following our penetration tests, we provide an in-depth final report through which we outline and prioritize all pinpointed security vulnerabilities.
Our Automotive Industry Cybersecurity Services
In the rapidly evolving landscape of the automotive industry, cybersecurity has become a critical concern. Modern vehicles are equipped with complex software, connectivity features, and autonomous capabilities, making them susceptible to cyber threats. CertCube Labs offers specialized cybersecurity services tailored to meet the unique challenges faced by the automotive sector.
In an industry where safety, reliability, and innovation are paramount, CertCube Labs is your trusted partner in fortifying your cybersecurity defenses. Our goal is to ensure the secure and smooth operation of your vehicles while protecting against cyber threats and potential risks to your brand reputation.
Customized Solutions
Recognizing that each automotive company has unique requirements, we offer customized cybersecurity solutions that align with your specific needs and the evolving threat landscape.
Penetration Testing
We offer penetration testing services to the industry, employing simulated real-life techniques to thoroughly assess the security of your applications and systems.
Supply Chain Security
Ensuring the security of the automotive supply chain is crucial. We assess the cybersecurity practices of suppliers and vendors to mitigate supply chain risks.
Embedded Systems Security
Automotive systems often rely on embedded software. We assess the security of these embedded systems, including electronic control units (ECUs), to prevent tampering and ensure safe vehicle operation.
IoT Device Security
Many modern vehicles incorporate IoT devices, such as sensors and controllers. We evaluate the security of these devices and implement safeguards to protect against potential threats.