Discover automotive cyber security and explore how cyber attacks and car hacking can expose security flaws in vehicles. Is it possible to proactively protect vehicles against cyber attacks? On this course, you will have the opportunity to develop your awareness of the key theoretical concepts that underpin automotive cyber security.

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You will explore how the levels of automation in vehicles has changed over time, and how this has made vehicles more vulnerable.

Using real-world case studies, you will explore different types of cyber attacks, from physical to remote. You will also have the opportunity to assess security flaws and threats in vehicles.
What topics will you cover?

- Basic concepts underpinning automotive cyber security

- Levels of automation

- AUTOSAR

- J1939

- Attack surface

- Types of attacks in automotive

- Real-world case studies

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

- Develop an understanding of the need for automotive cyber security

- Explain the current security flaws in vehicles through the use of case studies

- Develop an attack surface with the level of automation in vehicles

- Demonstrate practical attacks on vehicles

- Assess security threats from a practical and theoretical viewpoint