Overview

The Automotive Cybersecurity Industry Consortium (ACIC) is a public-private partnership that provides a collaborative mechanism and framework for automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to pool resources, leverage them with government funding and resources, and conduct cooperative “pre-competitive research” to improve the level of cybersecurity in automobiles.

Need

Modern day automobiles are extremely complex, containing up to 100 embedded electronic control units (ECUs), a wide range of infotainment/telematics networks to support these units, and an ever-increasing number of wired and wireless interfaces. With this increased connectivity comes a higher risk of cybercriminals exploiting automotive cybersecurity vulnerabilities.