Securing the Modern Vehicle: A Study of Automotive Industry Cybersecurity Practices

Today’s vehicle is a connected, mobile computer, which has introduced an issue the automotive industry has little experience dealing with: cybersecurity risk. Automotive manufacturers have become as much software as transportation companies, facing all the challenges inherent to software security.

Synopsys and SAE International partnered to commission this independent survey of the current cybersecurity practices in the automotive industry to fill a gap that has existed far too long—the lack of data needed to understand the automotive industry’s cybersecurity posture and its capability to address software security risks inherent in connected, software-enabled vehicles. Ponemon Institute was selected to conduct the study. Researchers surveyed 593 professionals responsible for contributing to or assessing the security of automotive components.