Cybersecurity Basics for Automotive Use Cases

In Chapter 1, we peered into the vehicle E/E architecture layer by layer to understand its layout, interfaces, networks, and various electronic components. While doing so, we got a glimpse of the objects of value that needed protection and some of the adverse consequences of successful attacks. In this chapter, we will review some fundamental security concepts, methods, and principles that are especially applicable to automotive use cases. Building this foundation is a prerequisite for the later chapters, where we will explore vehicle threats, the methodology for treating them, and the technical cybersecurity controls to mitigate them.

If you are skilled in the art of general cybersecurity, this chapter will give you an automotive perspective on how to apply the security fundamentals to automotive use cases. If you’re not, this chapter should be treated as a crash course in cybersecurity to enable future learning. Rather than...