Traffic Safety Agency Calls Vehicle Cyber Security Standards

The article reports on NHTSA testimony to Congress urging more research and funding for vehicle cybersecurity, noting that increasingly interconnected vehicle electronics and emerging V2V communications create safety and cyber risks; NHTSA has created an Electronics Systems Safety Research Division to study software reliability, build voluntary industry standards, and pursue a defense-in-depth approach, while the piece also references academic research demonstrating that vehicle sensors and ECUs may lack protections and can be manipulated.