It's Not Anthropomorphic: It's Automotive

“Let me introduce you to your new car. She came to be at the plant and has been waiting to be part of your life.  Sounds weird right?  Sort of like the OS in the movie “Her.”

The question of identity is being discussed by Intercede, Mira and Plextek as it relates to the vehicle cybersecurity. Mira has the expertise in automotive engineering and Plextek Consulting has the skills in systems design.  Intercede, has a long history of making identity secure and enabling enterprises to manage the life cycle of employees’ access to systems.

The question of whether the vehicle should have an identity of its own becomes interesting when you consider how often a car is used by multiple people. It also becomes important as the connected car becomes autonomous. Obviously intrusion and security are paramount in making sure the car is not being hijacked either physically or remotely.

This is where Intercede’s history comes into play. Intercede’s MyID is a cloud service they have created to enable that same level of security and policy management to be used by individuals and SMBs.

Intercede’s MyTAM is a solution they built for Android that creates a virtual machine that creates a trusted execution environment.  This goes beyond the MDM strategies of managing phones.

Enabling a safe execution environment is probably going to be further complicated by people’s use of the entertainment system. While it would be perfectly reasonable for a phone app to be involved with your entertainment, few of us would like a vehicle that allows it to drain the oil or allows enabling of remote drivers.

Determining the policy roles and responsibilities in the vehicle will then expand the concept of identity, which is what this consortium intends to demonstrate and publish in the future.