The automotive industry is certain that it can produce IT-enabled, self-driving cars that will all but eliminate the tens of thousands of accidental deaths that happen every year. But the majority of Americans are in no rush to trust their family’s safety to automobiles that can be hacked. “We know and the public knows that we can design systems that function far better than human drivers,” said Harry Lightsey, executive director of emerging technologies policy at General Motors. “But we face a very apprehensive public.” Lightsey, who spoke during a DC CyberWeek panel session Oct. 18 on the future of automotive cybersecurity, acknowledged that part of the challenge facing the industry is the lack of a standard baseline for assessing automotive cybersecurity as it applies to vehicle safety. “There is no baseline…in cyber security [testing for autonomous vehicles]. And there’s no point in trying to pursue that” when the pace […]
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