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Evaluate and Enforce

At Neya, we are introducing the Cyber Autonomous Response and Recovery System (CARRS) to
autonomous vehicle platforms to solve this problem. CARRS is a kit that will be attached to the vehicle’s
autonomy stack. Its role is to evaluate and enforce Zero Trust policies and actively respond to detected
high fidelity threats. CARRS will dynamically issue vehicle profile or configuration changes during a
mission in the case of a security policy violation or detected threat. It may determine that turning off the
radios is an appropriate response or push a change in network policy to deny traffic from a rogue OCU
device, as previously noted in the above example.

The capabilities of autonomous vehicles are ever evolving, and, at the same time, so is the threat
landscape. Adversaries are ever vigilant and novel in their approach to cyber-attacks. The complexity of
autonomous vehicles, both on-road and off-road, underscores the need for continued vigilance in
addressing potential vulnerabilities.

About the Author

Joseph Hladik is the Cyber Group Lead at Neya
Systems and has been with Neya since 2023.
During this time, Hladik has led various projects,
including cyber autonomy, a solution-based software program that will be added to mission planning to
mitigate cyber threats during deployment. Prior to Neya, Hladik worked as the Director of Threat
Research and Intelligence at Counterflow AI, where he furthered the knowledge and detection of threat
actor Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP) leveraging Machine Learning Algorithms (MLA) and
Behavioral Analytics. Before his role at Counterflow AI, Hladik worked at Mandiant as the Regional
Manager for the U.S. Northeast and Canada regions.

Hladik can be reached through the Neya company website www.neyarobotics.com

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