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I bought my first car in a long time. I was going to buy a used one, but decided to buy a shiny new one. I have been amazed by the connected car technology, all the embedded software-driven programs that turn the car into an application on wheels.
When a 19-year-old in Germany made international news with his revelation that he was able to remotely access more than 25 cars, I thought about this more.
The story ended happily. The teenager is a white-hat hacker who uses his skills to find security flaws. He was able to push commands to the cars with the help of the holes in the third-party data logging app. A fix was immediately issued after Colombo notified the two companies.
The incident reminded us that security vulnerabilities are present in all connected cars, and that better safeguards must become a higher priority in order to protect them.
Register HereThe automotive sector is being disrupted quickly. President Biden signed an executive order in August to make half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 zero emissions, including battery, electric, plug-in hybrid electric or fuel cell electric vehicles. $5 billion was allocated by the administration in February for electric vehicle charging along interstate highways.
The New York Times reported in February that this year could be a tipping point for electric cars. The newspaper said a dramatic jump in the number of electric cars sold worldwide, from 2.5% of all new cars in 2019 to 9% last year, signals that 2022.
Before electric vehicles started gaining traction, the amount of software code in today's cars had reached about 100 million lines, and many experts expect that number to hit 300 million by 2030. A passenger plane has 15 million lines of code and a fighter jet has 25 million.
More than 100 electronic control units are embedded throughout the vehicle to control everything. With the advancement of cloud computing and 5G wireless technology, vehicles will be able to connect more with the world around them, such as networks and services in homes, businesses, infrastructure and other vehicles. Software is eating the world if it is eating the automobile.
Cleaner air, less fuel consumption, safer roads and greater economic productivity are some of the benefits of these innovations. There are still security and privacy challenges that have not been adequately addressed.
According to a McKinsey report, the influx of digital innovations is turning cars into information clearinghouses. Vehicles are exposed to the seamier side of the digital revolution. Critical safety functions and customer privacy are at risk as hackers attempt to gain access to critical in-vehicle electronic units.
The current lack of security and privacy standards is not going to last. Lawmakers at the federal and state levels will be more aggressive in considering legislation to strengthen these systems.
We've seen this movie before. The tech industry was slow to focus on security in the early days of the internet of things.
The auto industry can't make the same mistakes. Carmakers have a high stake in making sure the new breed of vehicles is safe and deserving of consumers' confidence.
Six and a half years ago, security researchers on a laptop 10 miles away caused an SUV to lose power, change its radio station, and switch on the windshield wipers by using the vehicle's entertainment system that connected to a mobile data network, when they discovered the vulnerability in the electric car
This is a serious question that needs to be answered.
In April of last year, California implemented regulations mandating that self-driving cars meet industry standards. That is great, but it is not enough to think about connected cars.
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have regulations governing data transfers using application programming interface. More rigorous oversight is coming to automotive technology, not just where security is concerned, but also in the area of data privacy. There will be huge volumes of data collected by automakers and their third party partners.
It would be wise for the industry to get ready.
Kin Lane is the Chief Evangelist at Postman, a platform that has 20 million users.
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