Symantec Launches New IoT Solution to Help Carmakers Protect Against Zero Day Attacks
June 08 2016 - 12:05AM
Business Wire
New Anomaly Detection for Automotive Offering
Expands Company’s IoT Portfolio
Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), the global leader in
cybersecurity, today introduced Symantec Anomaly Detection for
Automotive to protect against zero-day attacks and
never-before-seen issues facing modern connected vehicles. Bringing
Symantec’s extensive security and sophisticated analytics expertise
across complex networks to the vehicle, Anomaly Detection for
Automotive provides the crucial ability to identify issues for
early remediation.
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Symantec IoT solutions for connected
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Connected cars offer drivers conveniences such as navigation,
remote roadside assistance and mobile internet hot spots. There
will be 220 million connected cars on the road in 2020, according
to Gartner.1 While new technologies promise to enhance the driving
experience, these advancements also create avenues of attack for
hackers that can endanger drivers and passengers.
Symantec Anomaly Detection for Automotive uses machine learning
to provide passive in-vehicle security analytics that monitor all
Controller Area Network (CAN) bus traffic without disrupting
vehicle operations, learn what normal behavior is and flag
anomalous activity that may indicate an attack. The solution works
with virtually any automotive make and model.
“The Internet of Things contains many different areas, but
connected automobiles will radically alter transportation and
mobile communications,” said Christian Christiansen, IDC VP of
Security Products. “As connected automobiles become the norm,
security issues have already drawn attention. Driven by
opportunity, manufacturers and their suppliers will partner with
cybersecurity vendors on securing connected cars as they would with
any other networked endpoints such as mobile devices and laptops.
Keeping security top of mind will not only help ensure the safety
of drivers and passengers but also build trust in the car
manufactures and the overall Internet of Things ecosystem.”
Key benefits of Symantec Anomaly Detection for Automotive
include:
- Learning the vehicle’s behavior in a
deeper, more precise way, enabling automakers to see previously
unseen attacks.
- Automatically prioritizing incidents
based on perceived criticality and risk.
- Automatically detecting anomalies
without requiring manufacturers to set rules or create
policies.
- Using minimal memory and CPU power with
an analytics solution built from the ground up for vehicles.
Symantec Anomaly Detection for Automotive is the latest example
of Symantec’s investment in the industry’s most
comprehensive IoT security solution. Symantec recently
announced that the company is securing more than 1 billion IoT
devices, from cars to smart meters to industrial control systems.
This is Symantec’s fourth solution designed to serve the auto
industry, in addition to Symantec Embedded Security: Critical
System Protection, Code Signing, and Managed Public Key
Infrastructure. More information about Symantec’s work with
automakers, chipmakers and other forward-thinking companies to
block hackers’ inroads into vehicles can be found in the
whitepaper, “Building Comprehensive Security Into Cars.”
“Automotive security threats have gone from theory to reality,”
said Shankar Somasundaram, senior director of product management
and engineering at Symantec. “Symantec is bringing the world’s most
comprehensive portfolio of security technologies to the car. The
infrastructure and technology that already helps protect billions
of devices and trillions of dollars now protects the car. We’re
building long-term comprehensive security all while delivering
ground breaking protection for cars today.”
Symantec will demo its Anomaly Detection for Automotive solution
at the TU-Automotive event this week in Detroit at booth C80 and
will also participate in a panel entitled, “Automotive
Connectivity: Risky Business or Savior?”
Availability
Symantec Anomaly Detection for Automotive is now available in
most markets worldwide. Additional information can be
viewed here.
About Symantec
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) is the global leader in
cybersecurity. Operating one of the world’s largest cyber
intelligence networks, we see more threats and protect more
customers from the next generation of attacks. We help companies,
governments and individuals secure their most important data
wherever it lives.
1Source: Gartner Says By 2020, a Quarter Billion Connected
Vehicles Will Enable New In-Vehicle Services and Automated Driving
Capabilitieshttp://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2970017
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