Automotive Cybersecurity: From Perceived Threat to Stark Reality

This review analyzes automotive cybersecurity threats that are gaining attention worldwide and the apparent ways industries are responding to them. It also addresses the need to continue investment in cyber research and security, as well as the ‘security by design’ approach that automakers are likely to adopt as a long-term strategy to fend off cyber-attacks. Every modern vehicle that rolls off the manufacturing assembly line features sophisticated technologies. By 2025, it is expected that every car will be connected to the Internet in multiple ways.