Tech CARS Awards Names Best Connected-Car Cybersecurity Companies & Products
Jennifer van der Kleut
One of the biggest concerns both consumers and industry experts alike have expressed when it comes to connected cars is the possibility that hackers could take over a car and crash it, causing harm or death to its drivers and passengers or even to nearby pedestrians or cyclists.
Of course, the biggest example of that concern becoming a reality was the infamous hacking of Jeep Cherokee. While at first the two renowned hackers-Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, who have since been hired by Uber-just toyed with the windshield wipers and radio, they then committed the ultimate strike by cutting the transmission just as the car reached a long overpass with no shoulder. (Read the driver’s full terrifying account in WIRED)
Even federal lawmakers are getting involved, demanding more research and development into connected-car cybersecurity.
This week, Auto Connected Car News (ACCN) revealed the top companies and products that consumers themselves voted the most promising at solving the connected-car cybersecurity problem, for the Tech CARS Awards.
ACCN gives a profile on each company and a description of their cybersecurity product (with the caveat that, naturally, a complete explanation of how the product protects against hacking cannot be given for safety reasons).
The top four products and companies that received the most votes were:
- “Aerolink” by Security Innovation
- “5+1 Security Framework Solution” by Harman
- Argus Cyber Security
- WhiteCryption
