Security of Connected Cars that Promise Zero Accidents

Road traffic accidents result in the death of approximately 1.3 million people worldwide each year, and 20 to 50 million people suffer injuries. The goal of zero accidents on the road is becoming more achievable thanks to the advent of connected vehicles. As more and more vehicles become connected, the potential for zero accidents becomes increasingly realistic. However, these possibilities will also present new problems for the automakers. One such is cyber security in the reason because software flaws could jeopardize the security of connected car features and systems. This paper sheds light on another possible way of preventing cyber-attacks by isolating the cloud from cellular traffic in connected cars architecture and appending the cloud with cloud Access Security Brokers to provide security and control access to cloud resources. We outline ways to various access control modules in the architecture.