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What Does This All Mean?
It should be evident that any efforts to improve the cybersecurity of automobiles will introduce time-
consuming and expensive new wrinkles. So, the obvious question is, what's the point of doing it? If this
were 1957, or even 1997, there wouldn't be much reason for wasting your valuable time. However,
programmed logic controllers are everywhere in your vehicle, from software-defined radio (SDR) to the
CANbus and its network of vehicle ECUs. And that isn't even to mention the prospective world of self-
driving vehicles. Your automobile is a complex digital ecosystem where failure in any onboard device, for
instance, an unauthorized OBD or RFICD access, could lead to disaster. Hence, there has to be a well-
defined and highly organized effort to counter potential cyberattacks in this brave new world of digital
technology.
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