Automotive Security through New Communication Lockdown
SOA Unique Benefits 8 :
Hardware – physical separation of safety
critical networks in distributed
environment
REUSABLE CYBERSECURITY SERVICES
Including firewalls, remote server
management, cryptography or the
Communication Lockdown framework
At the core of the hardware architecture is
the physical separation of critical networks
by isolating the communication interfaces.
In order to pass data to one another, the
communication interfaces have to go
through a security mechanism. The platform
can ensure data paths are enforced by
physical means and not only by traditional
software permissions. Custom IP cores can
also be used and placed along those paths to
further boost security assurance.
INCREASED CONNECTIVITY
Hosting services and downloadable
applications for customization
NEW REVENUE STREAMS
Supporting an app store 9 for
downloadable personalized apps and
features
Distributed Systems: The patent on
distributed systems ensures that multiple
units (SNO’s) within a vehicle work together
in a cohesive manner in which they are not
independent entities. This therefore enables
multiple lockdown devices to operate
together in a vehicle (e.g., internal and
external ones). Since each device is only
seeing a part of the network traffic, they can
cooperate and exchange metadata about
the traffic they see and approved/blocked.
Thus, making the overall model more
accurate.
SCALABILITY
Flexible hardware architecture for
future unforeseen needs and data
requirements
INTEROPERABILITY
Ability to host and communicate with all
operating systems, whether mission
critical or not and containing the failure
of a single app/service so that others
are unaffected.
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GuardKnox Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)https://www.guardknox.com/services-oriented-architecture-automotive-
services/
9
Goldberg, Jillian (2017,11). Turning Drivers to Subscribers. https://blog.guardknox.com/connected-vehicle-vulnerabilities-
turning-drivers-to-subscribers
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