Securethings: Specialized in Cybersecurity Solutions for the Automotive Industry
The global Cyber Security Market is anticipated to exhibit a CAGR of 8.9 percent to reach over $266.2 billion by the end of 2027. As per IDC estimates, India's overall security market is expected to reach $4.16 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 13.8 percent during 2021-26. Cybersecurity has become critical & part of national cybersecurity policy due to push for digitization. The increased cases of data breach, phishing, hacking attempts etc. have increased the demand of adequate cybersecurity. Automotive & Transportation is one of six critical infrastructure to look at as per India National Cybersecurity Policy. As per Allied Market Research, Automotive Cyber security is projected to reach $32.41 billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 16.6 percent. Major pain-point for the customer is cybersecurity assurance while adopting transformation in automotive segment. As vehicles are becoming more software driven and connected, new external interfaces are emerging. Increasingly high number of safety systems are managed by software assisted driving features. Any cyber-attack can be more fatal and can put the driver safety at risk.SECURETHINGS is a California headquartered product-based company focusing on Automotive cybersecurity. It is specialized in providing solution and advocating cybersecurity assurance with a holistic approach.
Automotive Cybersecurity is still a nascent area for majority of the manufacturers and automotive suppliers. Still the complete attack surface is not known to the industry. “Our research team is continuously watching the modern vehicle ecosystem and working hard to improve their cyber resilience. We are working with many vehicle manufacturers and automotive suppliers on creating awareness, identifying cyberthreats to their vehicle platform and providing a protection solution to safeguard their vehicle and cloud infrastructure”, mentions Preeti Agarwal, Co-Founder and CTO, SECURETHINGS.
Standing Out
The major factor that differentiates the company is how it looks at cyber threat to the vehicle and protection strategy. Considering its decades of experience in Cybersecurity, its approach is always holistic. The company looks at vehicle eco-system as a whole and provides solution that can give assurance to the vehicle manufacturers & customers, right from connectivity layer to hardware layer, manufacturers’ cloud based infrastructure to overthe-air updates. SECURETHINGS is only company that offers six layers of protection to the vehicle eco-system. It provides four layers of protection to the vehicle that can be deployed within the vehicle to protect realtime. This includes Connectivity layer including Cellular, Bluetooth or GPS to Invehicle Network considering new platform architecture changes to Hardware layer. “Another big differentiation in the technology, our solutions are based on Machine Learning & AI to provide protection for zero day attacks. Using AI/ML also helps us providing the solution
that doesn’t required manufactures to share their IP or require deep integration with their suppliers’ application software”, states Preeti.
SECURETHINGS offers end-to-end solutions with the following five pronged approach for vehicle security: detection, response, recovery, identification, and protection. The company’s threat intelligence and cloud protection platform offer complete control, comprehensive monitoring and effective resolution methodologies to the OEMs, shared services operators, and fleet managers.
SECURETHINGS Cloud platform provides active defence that searches for external vulnerabilities and are integrated with the automotive security operations centre correlation engine. In addition, the platform provides insights and accurate information about fleets; potentially vulnerable vehicles, thus creating actionable plans to mitigate risks. For OEMs, critical and dangerous Cybersecurity vulnerabilities are detected and resolved using secure over-the-air updates. “We understand the challenges faced by OEMs and Tier1s when securing hardware, software, and meeting regulatory compliances for modern vehicles. That's why our platform offers a one stop solution that ensures vehicles are secure from design phases through end-of-life. Compliance requires securityfirst thinking, and our multi-layered protection umbrella covers protection from remote attacks, in vehicle network protection, hardware layer protection, and much more. Our secure FOTA solutions protects against advanced cyber-attacks both at server and vehicle during over the air update process while our threat intelligence platform uses AI/ML technology to predict and prevent potential threats to the system. With proactive vulnerability scanning and compliance management, we are committed to safeguarding against potential threats and meeting regulatory compliances”, she adds.
The Road Ahead
SECURETHINGS was started with a mission to provide safe world & assured system where its customers can build their digitation & transformation strategy. The journey included creating cybersecurity awareness in the immature and developing industry, partnering with customers in defining their cybersecurity strategy, partnering with top tier1 components supplier to build secure solution together and catering to the regulatory compliance throughout the complete automotive manufacturing lifecycle. “We are continuously building on our Cyber Assurance strategy and adding advanced protection to the vehicle as well as cloud infrastructure protection solution. We are expanding our partners both in components supplier & vehicle manufacturers, helping and prompting to go with the Secure-by-Design approach”, concludes Preeti.
SECURETHINGS offers end-to-end solutions with the following five pronged approach for vehicle security: detection, response, recovery, identification, and protection. The company’s threat intelligence and cloud protection platform offer complete control, comprehensive monitoring and effective resolution methodologies to the OEMs, shared services operators, and fleet managers.
SECURETHINGS Cloud platform provides active defence that searches for external vulnerabilities and are integrated with the automotive security operations centre correlation engine. In addition, the platform provides insights and accurate information about fleets; potentially vulnerable vehicles, thus creating actionable plans to mitigate risks. For OEMs, critical and dangerous Cybersecurity vulnerabilities are detected and resolved using secure over-the-air updates. “We understand the challenges faced by OEMs and Tier1s when securing hardware, software, and meeting regulatory compliances for modern vehicles. That's why our platform offers a one stop solution that ensures vehicles are secure from design phases through end-of-life. Compliance requires securityfirst thinking, and our multi-layered protection umbrella covers protection from remote attacks, in vehicle network protection, hardware layer protection, and much more. Our secure FOTA solutions protects against advanced cyber-attacks both at server and vehicle during over the air update process while our threat intelligence platform uses AI/ML technology to predict and prevent potential threats to the system. With proactive vulnerability scanning and compliance management, we are committed to safeguarding against potential threats and meeting regulatory compliances”, she adds.
The Road Ahead
SECURETHINGS was started with a mission to provide safe world & assured system where its customers can build their digitation & transformation strategy. The journey included creating cybersecurity awareness in the immature and developing industry, partnering with customers in defining their cybersecurity strategy, partnering with top tier1 components supplier to build secure solution together and catering to the regulatory compliance throughout the complete automotive manufacturing lifecycle. “We are continuously building on our Cyber Assurance strategy and adding advanced protection to the vehicle as well as cloud infrastructure protection solution. We are expanding our partners both in components supplier & vehicle manufacturers, helping and prompting to go with the Secure-by-Design approach”, concludes Preeti.