Cybersecurity. Motor Vehicles. 5 Points from the new Federal Bill.

The legislation:  Security and Privacy in Your Car Study Act of 2017

The authors:  Reps. Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Ted Lieu (D-CA)

What does the bill do? Brings together the following entities to determine how to regulate data for connected cars:

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Federal Trade Commission
• National Institutes of Standards and Technology
• Department of Defense
• OEMs and suppliers
• SAE international
• academics

What elements do these groups need to consider in their recommendations for regulation?

• identify what’s necessary to isolate critical systems in a vehicle from the rest of its software
• relevant standards for firewalls and anomaly detection systems
• techniques to prevent or discourage malicious intrusions
• best practices for storing the data generated by connected cars
• timeline for implementing all of this

How fast would they need to make recommendations?  Within 1 year

Ars Technica | Worried about cybersecurity and the connected car? There’s a bill for that