Technical Paper
A Zero Trust Architecture for Automotive Networks
2024-04-09
2024-01-2793
Since the early 1990’s, commercial vehicles have suffered from repeated vulnerability exploitations that resulted in a need for improved automotive cybersecurity. This paper describes the strategies and challenges involved in securing vehicle networks through the implementation of an automotive Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA). ...This ZTA solution leverages the best cybersecurity practices from the IT industry and preexisting vehicle architecture components. For example, the vehicle gateway electronic control unit (ECU) is utilized to enforce cyber policy, monitor the network, distribute keys, and implement network segmentation. ...This research successfully demonstrates that using Zero Trust principles in an on-vehicle network greatly improves the cybersecurity posture with manageable impact to system performance, cost, and deployment.