Telematics present several vehicle security challenges

    Sept. 19, 2016
    Telematics advances access for repair shops, but poses vehicle security risks

    Tschanen Brandyberry, special projects editor for the UBM Americas – Automotive Group, wrote a blog, “Preparing for telematics changes and hacks.”

    While telematics offers many potential benefits to drivers and technicians, there also is a dark side to telematics that opens it up to hacking. That vulnerability could grow, according to Mahbubul Alam of Movimento Group, who explained how a vehicle could be susceptible to hacking during a presentation at NACE 2016.

    Click here to read more about vehicle hacking, what can be done to prevent it and other challenges that telematics present.

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