NHTSA in January 2021 — during the last days of the Trump administration — sought public comment on draft guidance related to cybersecurity best practices for vehicle safety.
The updated guidance released Wednesday builds on those comments while leveraging agency research, real-world incidents, industry voluntary standards and general cybersecurity knowledge from the last several years.
The best practices provide “a solid foundation for developing a risk-based approach to cybersecurity challenges, and describes important processes that can be maintained, refreshed and updated effectively over time to serve the needs of the automotive industry,” the agency said in the document.
