A Review of Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment Methods in the Automotive Context

Consumer demands for advanced automotive assistant systems and connectivity of cars to the internet make cyber-security an important requirement for vehicle providers. As vehicle providers gear up for the cyber security challenges, they can leverage experiences from many other domains, but nevertheless, must face several unique challenges. Thus, several security standards are well established and do not need to be created from scratch. The recently released SAE J3061 guidebook for cyber-physical vehicle systems provides information and high-level principles for automotive organizations to identify and assess cyber-security threats and design cyber-security aware systems.