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NHTSA Promises Action on Cybersecurity This Year
America’s top vehicle safety agency vows to take some form of action this year to address cybersecurity issues for passenger vehicles.
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America’s top vehicle safety agency vows to take some form of action this year to address cybersecurity issues for passenger vehicles. But it isn’t clear what form it will take or exactly when it will happen.
On Tuesday the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration held an all-day meeting in Washington, D.C., with industry representatives and researchers to discuss cybersecurity threats and possible solutions. Administrator Mark Rosekind says the purpose was to help clarify the agency’s role.
Rosekind says federal regulations are certain to be promulgated for safety related features, telling Automotive News, “We have to get action on cybersecurity this year.”
Industry representatives agree on the need. But they worry that a protracted NHTSA rulemaking process will stifle innovation. Carmakers are taking a first step to coordinate the effort through their just-launched Information Sharing and Analysis Center to share information about cybersecurity threats.
So far the ISAC is for car companies only. But the group expects industry suppliers eventually will join.
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