Honeywell and LG Electronics have announced that they will be collaborating to develop and demonstrate automotive software technology and infrastructure solutions that will address threats associated with increase in vehicle connectivity. The solution will include an integration of LG’s intrusion, detection and protection software (IDPS) technology, which secures vehicle hardware from external attacks, along with Honeywell’s IDPS solutions for securing internal vehicle communication and control networks, as well as security monitoring and analytics capabilities for security operation centers.
Honeywell and LG will be focusing on the unserved needs of the auto industry, in order to cover the entire cybersecurity chain from individual gateway protection through threat monitoring of fleets. This collaborative solution will safeguard passenger vehicle security by identifying and validating software commands and data generated by lines of code which govern vehicle operations.
“LG Electronics has recognized the importance of automotive cybersecurity as cars are increasingly connected to external networks to provide rich services to end users. In order to provide secure products to our OEM customers, we have been heavily investing on cybersecurity of both software and hardware and offering highly secure products to our OEMs,” said Woo-jong Lee, president of the Vehicle Components Company of LG Electronics.”
He continues: “We have experience in providing various automotive security solutions for ECU/TCU and external network protection. By integrating Honeywell’s security software with LGE’s security solutions, we expect to provide a next generation cybersecurity solution that protects the entire vehicle from external and internal networks as well as the ECU/TCU system and application layers.”
“There are more than a dozen clearly defined attack surfaces that can provide points of entry for hacking into a passenger vehicle, and the number is growing fast. We are supporting our OEM customers with our differentiated software platform to address the cybersecurity challenge inherent to connected and autonomous vehicle development. We are developing a network of partners and collaborating specifically with LGE to ease the integration work for our customers and provide a comprehensive cybersecurity solution,” said Olivier Rabiller, Honeywell Transportation Systems president and CEO.
