Automakers working to prevent vehicle cyber terrorism

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http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2014/10/22/automakers-working-prevent-vehicle-cyber-terrorism/17710785/

By Michael Wayland
The Detroit News
October 22, 2014

Right now is the time for automakers and federal regulators to address 
potential “acts of terrorism” using connected vehicles, according to 
former administrator of the government’s vehicle safety watchdog.

David Strickland, ex-head of the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, said the industry needs to be proactive rather than 
reactive regarding cybersecurity issues as more cars and trucks become 
connected with the Internet, one another and additional third parties.

"It is, right now, the industry’s time to get together and figure out 
countermeasures, before you do have a much more mature threat,” said 
Strickland, now a partner in consulting and lobbying firm Venable LLP, 
during the 2014 SAE Convergence conference in Detroit.

Strickland’s comments come nearly four months after the industry’s largest 
trade groups, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of 
Global Automakers, informed NHTSA that they planned to launch a 
cybersecurity initiative designed for companies to voluntarily share 
cybersecurity best practices in an effort to help protect drivers and 
their personal information.

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