Automotive-related cybersecurity incidents are at an all-time high fueled by fast adoption of electric vehicles, over-the-air updates, and smart mobility and customer experience applications.
Amid rising cyber threats, Upstream’s new vSOC, based in Ann Arbor, Mich., expands the company’s detection and response platform for its U.S.-based automotive and smart mobility clients.
HERZLIYA, Israel and ANN ARBOR, Mich. , Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Upstream, the creator of industry-leading cloud-based cybersecurity and data management platform for connected vehicles and smart mobility, is opening its first U.S.-based vehicle security operation center (vSOC) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to closely surveil and mitigate emerging cyber threats and risks for its U.S.-based automotive clients.
Data and connectivity are the foundation of the automotive industry’s transformation, unlocking new revenue streams and business opportunities for automotive stakeholders and users. But, connectivity and mobility applications bring a wide range of cyber risks.
“Companies continue to invest in Michigan because of our world-class talent, quality of life, low cost of doing business and culture of innovation,” said Trevor Pawl, Michigan’s Chief Mobility Officer. “Michigan remains committed to being the global epicenter of the next revolution of the automotive industry and we applaud Upstream’s continued success and investment in Michigan’s autonomous and electrified future.”
“Vehicles are benefiting from a wave of technology innovation, producing transportation that is safer and smarter thanks to connectivity,” said Faye Francy, executive director of Auto-ISAC, a global information sharing community established by automakers to address cybersecurity risks. “The very technology that provides us with these new efficiencies also introduces potential cyber risk to the vehicle, and vSOC operations is an application for the automotive industry to proactively address the risk.”
In fact, Upstream found more than 50 percent of all reported automotive-related cybersecurity incidents took place during the past two years alone.