Connected cars and autonomous vehicles may be the future, but we are still far from the public in accepting their presence on public roads. According to a recent AAA poll, 3 in 4 Americans fear fully autonomous vehicles, showing that there is still a lot of work to do. One of the companies is currently trying to improve the safety of connected cars. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a BlackBerry device that recently received € 40 million in funding from the Canadian government to further develop its QNX platform. To better understand the issues surrounding autonomous vehicles and connected vehicles, LaComparacion Pro spoke with Grant Courville, vice president of products and strategy for the company's QNX group.
What hurdles must self-employed automakers overcome to allay consumer fears?
Autonomous vehicles, especially self-driving cars, have certainly garnered a lot of market attention in recent years. Technology has many potential benefits for people, the environment, and the economy. However, despite the hype of the fully autonomous consumer vehicle market being only a few years old, we know that we all have much more work to do to make the technology safe, secure and reliable. That's why we've always said that within a few decades, fully autonomous vehicles, also called Tier 5 vehicles, will run everywhere, anytime, and now you're starting to see other world leaders. The industry echoes these deadlines. As technology and regulation evolve, it is just as important to gain consumer confidence in security as it is to develop the technology. For the general public to accept and eventually adopt autonomous vehicles, we must trust the technologies, their benefits, and of course, the companies that will build them responsibly. It is a moral imperative for those of us in the industry moving forward in this fast-paced future to ensure that it is safe and secure. In addition, the public and private sectors must make considerable efforts to define security standards and regulations. The different levels of government must continue to work with industry leaders to ensure that the appropriate regulations and policies are put in place to facilitate their adoption without harming investment and innovation. Safety should be the number one priority for autonomous vehicles. (Image: © Credit: BlackBerry)Can you tell us a little more about the BlackBerry QNX software platform and how automakers use it to secure their autonomous vehicles? How are automakers integrating BlackBerry QNX software into their vehicles and what are the benefits?
Our software is foundational: We've built the software critical systems have been resting on for decades. In the automotive industry, we are building the safe and secure software platform the industry has relied on and has chosen to power future connected and autonomous cars. BlackBerry offers a broad portfolio of products to protect vehicles from security attacks and a broad portfolio of security-certified software, including our QNX operating system, development tools, and connected and autonomous vehicle middleware. . Our leading secure and safety-certified software solutions are available for more than 40 auto manufacturers and more than 120 million vehicles on the road. Automakers and Tier 1 automakers use BlackBerry QNX software in their advanced driver assistance systems, digital instrument clusters, connectivity modules, hands-free systems, multimedia information systems, and other automotive subsystems. Over the past 37 years, BlackBerry QNX has powered many of the world's most critical embedded systems, including nuclear power plants, surgical robots, and critical Class III medical devices; the types of systems needed to operate safely, securely, and reliably, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, without issue. We firmly believe that security cannot be an afterthought. For automobile manufacturers, safety must be inherent in every stage of design, development, and testing. In addition to the best certified security operating system, BlackBerry offers a wide variety of security products such as PKI management, FIPS 140-2 certified toolkits, key injection tools, Binary Code Static Analysis tools, security management systems, security identifiers (SCMS). ), and Over The Air (OTA) software update technology for autonomous and connected vehicles.The Canadian government recently awarded your company € 40 million in federal funding to help develop autonomous car technologies. Can you give us an overview of how this funding will be used to further develop the QNX platform?
The €40 million investment from the Government of Canada is part of an investment of more than €310.5 million that the country is committed to helping us continue to develop secure software systems for the future. Generation of connected and autonomous vehicles. To work on this innovative program, BlackBerry will employ more than 1,800 highly-skilled engineers, scientists and other individuals from Canada and around the world over the next five years. With this funding, these new recruits will help us continue to develop transformative automotive technologies that will contribute to our future. (Image: © Photo Credit: TheDigitalArtist / Pixabay)What is the magnitude of the threat that hackers and other cybercriminals pose to the autonomous automotive sector?
I think there's still a misconception out there: if you get in your car to get home from work, you risk falling victim to a massive, coordinated cyberattack in which a rogue state threatens to stop you, as well as your Rescue from vehicle unless it meets your demands. Hollywood movies do a good job of exaggerating what's possible, like the instant and complete commitment of fleets that undermine all car safety systems. While there are and are vulnerabilities within any system, exploiting a vulnerability of unprecedented scale and unprecedented reliability presents all sorts of hurdles. overcome and would also require a significant investment in time, energy and resources. I think it is necessary to remind the general public that piracy, if it occurs at all, is undesirable, but not in the way that movies would like it to be. With a modern connected vehicle currently containing over 100 million lines of code and some of the most complex software ever implemented by auto manufacturers, the need for enhanced security has never been greater. As a car's software grows, the attack emerges, making it more vulnerable to cyberattacks. Every poorly built software is a potential vulnerability that can be exploited by attackers. BlackBerry is perfectly positioned to meet these challenges as we have the solutions, experience and pedigree to become the certified and secure entry-level software for connected and autonomous vehicles.In your opinion, when can we expect autonomous cars to be common on our roads and in cities, and what safety lessons can the more space-connected automotive sector convey? vast of the IoT?
Achieving full level 5 self-sufficiency, where an autonomous vehicle can take you and your passengers anywhere, anytime, anywhere, is not that easy and will take some time to complete. arrive. Probably decades. Solving very difficult problems, such as driving a car in extreme or unusual weather conditions, will take some time. So I don't think we'll see autonomous vehicles in every aisle anytime soon. The IoT industry can learn a lot from how BlackBerry approaches the connected car and autonomous car industry, as the software in the As the interior of a vehicle grows larger and more complex, the attack surface virtual is also increased, making the vehicle more vulnerable to cyberattacks. Mobility security solutions bring confidence to this evolving transportation market. The rapid expansion of the vast global network of IoT-connected devices makes cyber intrusion inevitable. All of these connected smart devices and access to these devices become targets, and each connected node increases the security risk of a network exponentially. If just one endpoint of an intelligent system is not protected, the entire system is at risk. With this smart world comes much more visibility. This can be managed, but organizations will need to build their games in terms of securing each endpoint.- Until your car drives alone, stay safe on the road with the best dash cameras