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AutoSec Innovation
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Automotive Cybersecurity Engineering

Engineering Trust for Software-Defined Mobility

AutoSec Innovation helps automotive organizations identify, engineer, test, and manage cybersecurity risk across connected vehicles, embedded systems, cloud platforms, and the complete vehicle lifecycle.

Consulting, intelligent security products, and applied R&D across Europe, India, and the Middle East.

  • Deep automotive and embedded security expertise
  • Europe, India, and Middle East delivery
  • Services, products, and applied R&D
  • Standards-aligned engineering

Why AutoSec

Built for Automotive Environments Where Security Cannot Be an Afterthought

Modern vehicles combine embedded systems, cloud services, wireless interfaces, software updates, and complex supply chains. AutoSec Innovation brings automotive engineering context and cybersecurity discipline together.

Engineering discipline

Quality and secure delivery

Programme work is structured for traceability, review readiness, and responsible handling of customer information across the engagement lifecycle.

Global presence

Europe, India, Middle East

  • EuropeGermany engagement and delivery
  • IndiaEngineering and product development
  • Middle EastQatar applied R&D presence

Cloud and engineering platforms: Amazon Web Services · Microsoft Azure · Google Cloud

R&D ecosystem

Qatar Science & Technology Park

Qatar Science & Technology Park

Applied automotive cybersecurity R&D in Qatar, focused on intelligent security assessment, threat detection, and mobility resilience.

Incubated by Qatar Science & Technology Park for automotive cybersecurity R&D in Qatar

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Business outcomes

From Regulatory Requirements to Engineering Reality

Regulation sets the obligation. Engineering decides whether a vehicle programme can actually meet it, and prove it.

Services

Automotive Cybersecurity Across the Complete Lifecycle

Specialist support from concept and architecture through validation, production, operations, updates, and decommissioning.

  • Cybersecurity Engineering

    Cybersecurity work exists as documentation rather than engineering decisions.

    • TARA documentation
    • Cybersecurity goals
    • Cybersecurity concept
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  • TARA and ISO/SAE 21434

    TARA results differ between teams because the method is applied inconsistently.

    • Item definition
    • Asset and damage scenario register
    • Threat scenarios and attack paths
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  • Penetration Testing and Red Teaming

    Security controls are specified but never tested against a capable attacker.

    • Test plan and agreed scope
    • Reproducible finding records with severity
    • Attack path documentation
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  • VSOC and Incident Response

    Vehicle data is collected but no one owns detection or response.

    • VSOC concept and operating model
    • Detection use-case catalogue
    • Triage and escalation procedures
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  • SUMS and Secure Updates

    Update processes exist in engineering but are not documented as a managed system.

    • SUMS process documentation
    • Update security control specification
    • Impact assessment procedure
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  • Embedded Security and AUTOSAR

    Security requirements are written but not implementable on the target hardware.

    • Embedded security design
    • Key management concept
    • Configuration guidance for AUTOSAR security modules
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  • Functional Safety

    Safety and security teams produce conflicting requirements.

    • HARA support documentation
    • Safety goals and requirements
    • Functional safety concept input
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  • V2V / C-V2X Security

    V2V and C-V2X work in India is treated as a radio or ITS feature, with AIS-230 cybersecurity left until late.

    • India V2V/C-V2X security scope and OBU item definition
    • Threat analysis and risk treatment decisions for V2X interfaces
    • Cybersecurity goals and technical requirements for AIS-230-oriented readiness
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  • Training and Capability Development

    Generic security training does not transfer to vehicle engineering work.

    • Curriculum aligned to roles
    • Training material and exercises
    • Workshop outcomes and action items
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Lifecycle model

Security Engineered Across the Vehicle Lifecycle

Cybersecurity obligations do not end at start of production. Each stage produces evidence the next stage depends on.

  1. 01

    Concept

    Define the item, identify assets, and establish cybersecurity goals before architecture is fixed.

  2. 02

    Architecture

    Translate cybersecurity goals into an architecture with defensible trust boundaries and interfaces.

  3. 03

    Development

    Implement controls on the target platform: secure boot, key handling, and protected communication.

  4. 04

    Verification

    Prove the implementation resists realistic attack conditions and produce evidence for release gates.

  5. 05

    Production

    Lock down production and diagnostic interfaces, and confirm the update path before start of production.

  6. 06

    Operations

    Monitor the fleet, triage security signals, and run incident response with vehicle engineering context.

  7. 07

    Updates

    Deliver software updates with integrity, impact assessment, and reconstructable campaign evidence.

  8. 08

    Decommissioning

    Retire vehicles, keys, and services in a controlled way so residual data and access do not persist.

Vehicle security technology

Vehicle AntiVirus

Pilot

A software-first automotive cybersecurity platform designed to help security teams discover vulnerabilities, simulate attack conditions, monitor security signals, and generate actionable technical reports.

  • Security scanning and vulnerability discovery
  • Attack and fault-injection workflows
  • Vehicle and ECU interface assessment
  • AI-assisted anomaly and threat analysis
Vehicle AntiVirus product composition

Fleet security overview

Demonstration data

Risk score

68/100

Open findings

28

6 interfaces

Remediated

61%

Findings by severity

  • Critical2
  • High6
  • Medium11
  • Low9

ECU topology

  • Gateway
  • Telematics
  • ADAS
  • Body
  • Cockpit
  • Charging

Scan activity

Illustrative dashboard showing a fleet security overview with a vehicle risk score of 68 out of 100, 28 open findings, 61 percent remediation progress, findings grouped by severity, an ECU topology with six nodes, and a scan activity trend. All values are demonstration data.

Attack surface explorer

Educational demo · sample data

Focus

Vehicle-to-cloud connectivity and API exposure

Example validation activities

  • Uplink trust model
  • Credential handling
  • Backend interface review

Recommended next step

Strengthen identity and update path integrity

Selecting a surface highlights relevant assessment themes. It does not execute a scan or imply a live finding.

Applied R&D in Qatar

Advancing Automotive Cybersecurity Research Through Qatar

AutoSec Innovation is extending its applied research and product-development activities in the Qatar region, focusing on intelligent vehicle security assessment, threat detection, security automation, and mobility resilience.

Qatar Science & Technology Park

Incubated by Qatar Science & Technology Park for automotive cybersecurity R&D in Qatar

  • Intelligent vehicle threat detection

    Detection approaches that separate genuine security events from normal vehicle behaviour across diverse fleets.

  • Automated automotive security validation

    Reducing the manual effort in security testing so validation can run repeatedly across ECU variants.

  • Connected fleet resilience

    How connected fleets absorb, detect, and recover from security events without disrupting operation.

  • AI-assisted cybersecurity engineering

    Applying machine learning to analysis and prioritisation tasks where engineering judgement remains in control.

  • Regional mobility cybersecurity research

    Security research shaped by the mobility, climate, and infrastructure conditions of the region.

Evidence

Evidence From Real Automotive Security Programs

We publish engagement detail only where the customer has approved it, by name or in anonymised form.

Engagement evidence under confidentiality

Most automotive security programmes are covered by confidentiality agreements. We do not publish invented metrics or unapproved customer names. Under NDA we can walk through comparable scope, method, deliverables, and the evidence those programmes produced.

Credibility

Disciplined Engineering and a Global Technology Ecosystem

Clear operating practices and platform relationships help programme stakeholders evaluate AutoSec with confidence.

Cloud and engineering platforms

Platforms we work with

Platforms and cloud ecosystems supported by our engineering and product teams.

  • Amazon Web ServicesCloud platform
  • Microsoft AzureCloud platform
  • Google CloudCloud platform

Named as engineering platforms we work with — not as formal partnership claims.

Research and innovation

Qatar R&D ecosystem

Qatar Science & Technology Park

Qatar Science & Technology Park

R&D incubation for automotive cybersecurity in Qatar

Incubated by Qatar Science & Technology Park for automotive cybersecurity R&D in Qatar

Standards mapping

Which AutoSec services support which obligations

Select a standard to see the lifecycle stages and services most often engaged. AutoSec Innovation does not certify or approve organizations.

Standards and technology

Grounded in Automotive Standards and Engineering Practice

Our services help organizations interpret and implement relevant requirements. AutoSec Innovation does not certify or approve organizations.

  • ISO/SAE 21434

    Road vehicle cybersecurity engineering across the product lifecycle.

  • UNECE R155

    Cybersecurity and cybersecurity management system requirements for vehicle approval.

  • UNECE R156

    Software update and software update management system requirements.

  • ISO 24089

    Software update engineering practice for road vehicles.

  • ISO 26262

    Functional safety for road vehicle electrical and electronic systems.

  • AUTOSAR

    Classic and Adaptive platform architecture, including security building blocks.

  • CAN and automotive Ethernet

    In-vehicle communication technologies and their protection mechanisms.

  • Secure boot and cryptography

    Firmware integrity, trust anchors, and key management on embedded targets.

  • Intrusion detection and VSOC

    Vehicle detection concepts and security operations for fleets and products.

  • OTA and software update security

    Integrity, authenticity, and delivery security for vehicle software updates.