Mobile Applications and Secure Vehicular Integration

The automobile industry is one of the most important industries in the world which actually is facing disruptive challenges due to continuous developments in digital technologies and the connection with the Internet. In this regard, vehicles becoming connected objects. However, with connectivity comes the threat of cyber-criminal attacks with different kinds of risk. Hence, connected vehicles as well as electric vehicles are the foundations of the vision of automated and self-driving vehicles, to provide customers with the comfort of their home or office so far this has been embedded into the customers' vehicles. This also has a huge impact on reorganizing transportation infrastructure. In case of connected vehicles, where the vehicle is connected with the Internet, advantages are offered from OEMs and Tier1 suppliers customers. Hence, mobile applications seem to offer an essential part of solutions to the connected ecosystem of the vehicle. But again, this connectivity also leads to the exposure of hacking which has been a big risk w.r.t. vehicular cybersecurity in connected vehicles.