The integration of OTAmatic and Code Signing Server products offers automotive manufacturers a turnkey solution to implement the Uptane security framework
Airbiquity, a global leader in connected vehicle services, announced that it has joined forces with BlackBerry, a trusted provider of secure connectivity solutions, to enable device manufacturers to automobiles offer over-the-air (OTA) updates to vehicles and meet the highest security standard in the industry. By integrating Airbiquity’s OTAmatic software management platform and BlackBerry’s Certicom code signing key management server, the two companies will enable OEMs to seamlessly adopt the Uptane security framework and address critical OTA security challenges such as spoofing, unauthorized access, tampering, repudiation, man-in-the-middle, privilege escalation, and distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks to as vehicles are increasingly defined by software.
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“Our collaboration with BlackBerry marks an important milestone in Airbiquity’s mission to put the security and privacy of connected vehicles first,” said Keefe Leung , vice president of Product Management at Airbiquity. BlackBerry Certicom is a recognized leader in applied cryptography and key management, and our pre-integrated software offers automotive OEMs a best-in-class solution to reduce the development effort and expense of delivering secure and timely OTA updates.” .
Airbiquity’s OTAmatic Software Management Platform provides a comprehensive back-end management portal that enables automakers to efficiently execute multi-ECU software update campaigns at scale. The OTAmatic platform offers highly refined vehicle and device segmentation, discrete privacy and policy controls, customizable consumer communications, flexibility in solution deployment options, and enhanced multi-layered cybersecurity protection through integration of the Uptane security framework, resistant to commitments.
“Airbiquity brings decades of experience in connected vehicle services to our collaboration, and together we are bringing a pre-integrated solution to automotive OEMs,” said Jim Alfred , vice president, BlackBerry Certicom. By leveraging the collective expertise of both companies, automotive OEMs can confidently adopt the Uptane security framework, delivering the highest level of security for connected vehicles.”
SOURCE: PRNewswire