Cybersecurity Engineering

Cybersecurity items Definition: Establishing the core for effective cybersecurity engineering

Through interviews and our extensive experience, we collaborate with the development team to create and review Item Definitions in accordance with the ISO 21434 standard, providing a strong foundation for all subsequent cybersecurity processes. Thereby, we help automotive organizations precisely define cybersecurity requirements at the component and system levels, ensuring a strong foundation for vehicle security. During our engineering consulting activities, we create Threat Models and document the findings in our template to accurately define each item’s scope and identify potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Our comprehensive approach supports automotive companies in achieving regulatory compliance, managing cybersecurity effectively, and building robust, secure systems tailored to meet the demands of modern automotive cybersecurity standards.

TARA: The Hearth of Automotive Risk Management

Our Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment service delivers a systematic approach to analyzing potential threats and evaluating their impact. This allows our clients to establish a strong, risk-based foundation for cybersecurity decision-making.

Protecting automotive systems across the vehicle lifecycle

Automotive companies gain clear visibility into their individual cybersecurity risk landscape, enabling them to prioritize security measures, ensure sustainable compliance, and protect against emerging cyber threats across the vehicle lifecycle.

Cybersecurity Concept

Designing security measures for resilient vehicle systems.

We leverage our extensive expertise in automotive cybersecurity to develop Cybersecurity Concepts from the supply chain to hardware selection. Through consulting, structured workshops, and training sessions, we guide teams in developing technical solutions such as encryption and digital signatures, while providing sustainable explanations to software architects and developers. Our compliance-ready documentation captures all aspects of the Cybersecurity Concept, including security objectives, requirements, and countermeasures.

Cybersecurity Requirements Elicitation

Defining clear and actionable cybersecurity requirements

We adopt a structured approach to requirements gathering, facilitating workshops, interviews, and collaborative sessions with key stakeholders. This approach ensures that cybersecurity requirements are comprehensive, feasible, and aligned with functional and safety considerations. We also provide clarity to development teams on requirement details, supporting a smooth handover to software architects and engineers who implement these requirements. As a neutral party among stakeholders, we assist in implementing robust and achievable cybersecurity measures to ensure compliance throughout the entire vehicle lifecycle.

Cybersecurity System

Engineering

From System architecture to vehicle integration

Our Cybersecurity Systems Engineering service combines technical expertise with structured methodologies to ensure that security requirements are integrated effectively into the design, development, and validation phases of vehicle systems. We support automotive organizations in embedding cybersecurity measures seamlessly across vehicle systems and architectures and we assist clients in defining and implementing security architectures that align with both functional and cybersecurity needs. We work closely with development teams to analyze system interactions, data flows, and potential vulnerabilities.

Road Vehicle Cyber Security Engineering

Services and Tools

• Model based TARA analysis in conjunction with system engineering

• System level & SW level Cyber security concept architectural view point establishment

• Support for maintenance face through continues evaluation of latest thread

• Requirement engineering for Cyber security relevant items or components.

• Test case and validation results review.

• Penetration and Fuzz testing.

• Cyber security process adherence review.

• Cyber security case preparation

• Yakindu Security Analyst (Model based TARA )

• Synopsys – Test Tools.

• Attack Potential approach

• CVSS approach

• Attack Vector approach