ComputerWorld: Firewalls can't protect today's connected cars

Much of the auto industry's efforts to date have been about building a more secure internal bus

By Lucas Mearian
Jul 24, 2015

The Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu once wrote, "What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy."

The automobile industry needs to follow Sun Tzu's advice to secure increasingly connected vehicles from hackers, according to experts.

Instead of building firewalls to keep cyber attacks out, which industry watchers say is ultimately a futile endeavor, build systems that recognize what a security breach looks like in order to stop it before any real damage is done.

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