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Posts tagged with 'Cisco'

4 Jan, 2013

John Day NXP Semiconductors and Cisco announced that each has invested in Cohda Wireless, which specializes in wireless communication for automotive safety applications. The respective amounts of the investments were not disclosed. The three firms intend to develop a complete, market-ready car-to-car (C2C) and car-to-infrastructure (C2I) solution including automotive-qualified IEEE 802.11p products for … Read More

NXP, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. Department of Transportation, CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium, car-to-car, automotive safety applications, Cohda Wireless, IEEE 802.11p, car-to-infrastructure, Cisco

28 Sep, 2012

Keeping cars safe from hackers

Posted by John Day

John Day I’ve recently spoken with several people about the security of connected vehicles and I learned, among other things, that providing 100 percent protection for cars 100 percent of the time is most likely not possible. Cars are increasingly connected in a variety of ways, and connected cars will eventually be hacked. The threat is not dire at the moment but it could become so, and now is when auto … Read More

intel, Icon Labs, Lockheed Martin, Cisco, connected cars, Boeing, U.S. Army, Freescale, Green Hills, Wind River, connected vehicles, embedded firewall