The newly created VicOne has a partnership with Microsoft to manage cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence resources
Trend Micro, one of the leading companies in cybersecurity solutions, introduced its newest subsidiary to the automotive market: Vic One, created to face the different threat scenarios that already haunt electric and connected cars. A fertile ground for cybercrime, as it is predicted that more than 400 million vehicles of this type are expected to be on the roads around the world by 2025.
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“At Trend Micro, we are driven by a desire to protect the connected world. As we focus on this mission, we are driven to explore new business models that fit the supply chain,” said Eva Chen, CEO and co-founder of Trend Micro. “With VicOne, we anticipate an urgent need for OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) for enhanced automotive cybersecurity.”
Electric vehicles are increasingly exposed to remote digital threats in a range of new attack scenarios. You OEMs, original equipment manufacturers, must urgently build comprehensive cybersecurity protections into their ecosystem to meet the United Nations regulatory standard, WP.29 (UN – R155).
Vehicle Safety Operations Centers (SOCs) are a vital step for automakers looking to comply with regulatory measures, offering greater threat detection and response to cars that operate via software. VicOne's SOC integrates with Microsoft Azure IoT Services to obtain telemetry and other important security information from connected automobiles, analyzing threats and potential security breaches.
“Cybersecurity is an integral part of the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem.). Microsoft provides a comprehensive, open platform service with a mindset of Zero Trust “, said Soren Lau, general manager of IoT Solutions and Partnerships at Microsoft for Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa. “We look forward to working with Trend Micro and VicOne, enabling end-to-end security solutions for EV telematics through the Microsoft Cloud and AI capabilities of Azure IoT services.”
Gartner® also suggests that the automotive industry should “partner with cybersecurity experts who can assess and propose a wide range of countermeasures. Think ahead, do your best to mitigate all threats listed by regulation — this will keep you one step ahead of cybercriminals.”
As part of these efforts, Trend Micro recently entered into a strategic partnership with the MIH Consortium, which is an electric vehicle platform alliance led by Foxconn Technology Group. The initiative was reinforced by the SOAFEE (Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge) project, an industry collaboration that aims to promote a cloud-native architecture for the development of software-managed vehicles.
“Software-driven vehicles are the future of the global automotive industry and a driving force in accelerating the development of innovative applications for the transportation and technology sectors,” said Dipti Vachani, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Automotive and IoT Business Line of Arm. “By joining other automotive industry leaders as a new member of SOAFEE, VicOne is bringing important knowledge of safety standards to help ensure a safer future for the automotive industry.”
VicOne will offer complete security solutions for the automotive ecosystem, including security enablement by design, risk management, as well as threat detection and response. The combined power of a vehicle SOC, Over-the-Air (OTA) security, Penetration as a Service test (Penetration Test as a Service, PTaaS) and automotive vulnerability management will help analysts see and respond to incidents more quickly and effectively.
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