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Published inOct 2023
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ISBN-139781801076531
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Dr. Ahmad MK Nasser
Dr. Ahmad MK Nasser
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Dr. Ahmad MK Nasser

Dr. Ahmad MK Nasser is an automotive cybersecurity architect with a long experience in securing safety-critical systems. He started his career as a software engineer, building automotive network drivers, diagnostics protocols, and flash programming solutions. This naturally led him into the field of automotive cybersecurity, where he designed secure firmware solutions for various microcontrollers and SoCs, defined secure hardware and software architectures of embedded systems, and performed threat analysis of numerous vehicle architectures, ECUs, and smart sensors. Ahmad holds a B.S. and an M.S. in electrical and computer engineering from Wayne State University, as well as a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Michigan in Dearborn. He is currently a principal security architect for NVIDIA's autonomous driving software platform.
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Threats against in-vehicle networks

In-vehicle networking protocols enable ECUs, sensors, and in some cases, actuators to communicate under strict real-time and low-cost constraints. However, since the primary design objective of these networking protocols is efficient and deterministic communication, it is not unusual for some of these protocols to exhibit serious security weaknesses. In this section, we examine the weaknesses and in-vehicle networking protocols and highlight the corresponding attacks that can exploit them.

CAN

A simple Google search on CAN security yields hundreds of papers and articles on how CAN is not secure. While earlier versions of CAN such as CAN 2.0 and CAN FD did not consider security while the protocol was being defined, a more recent variant called CAN XL [REF29] now offers a security extension that protects the data link layer. Nevertheless, CAN XL is in its infancy, so we have to judge the security of the CAN protocol based on the first two variants...

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Automotive Cybersecurity Engineering Handbook
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Dr. Ahmad MK Nasser

Dr. Ahmad MK Nasser is an automotive cybersecurity architect with a long experience in securing safety-critical systems. He started his career as a software engineer, building automotive network drivers, diagnostics protocols, and flash programming solutions. This naturally led him into the field of automotive cybersecurity, where he designed secure firmware solutions for various microcontrollers and SoCs, defined secure hardware and software architectures of embedded systems, and performed threat analysis of numerous vehicle architectures, ECUs, and smart sensors. Ahmad holds a B.S. and an M.S. in electrical and computer engineering from Wayne State University, as well as a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Michigan in Dearborn. He is currently a principal security architect for NVIDIA's autonomous driving software platform.
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