Automotive System Security: Recent Advances and Challenges

Dear Colleagues,

Automotive systems include a wide variety of systems ranging from in-vehicle systems, such as driving automation and infotainment systems, to vehicle-to-everything (V2X) systems, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), and over-the-air (OTA) update systems, among others.

The increase in the connectivity of vehicles and automation of driving functions are expected to bring numerous benefits to individuals and wider society. However, these technologies will create new security concerns, such as threats to vehicle users’ and mobility operators’ privacy and finances, and safety of vehicle occupants and other road users.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to deepen our understanding of the recent challenges and the advances in automotive system security. We look forward to receiving papers not only from the automotive security (both physical and cybersecurity) area, but other related areas as well, such as the relationship and inter-dependencies between security and safety, the relationship between security and trust, and ethical and legal aspects of automotive security.

Dr. Giedre Sabaliauskaite
Dr. Jeremy Bryans
Dr. Farhan Ahmad
Guest Editors

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