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A July 1 workshop in Darmstadt, Germany will explore the security challenges associated with vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications in next-generation intelligent transport systems (ITS). The workshop will present results from new projects conducted by the EU’s EVITA (E-Safety Vehicle Intrusion Protected Applications) research program, according the workshop’s organizers.

From the workshop’s abstract…

The emerging applications of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication herald a new era of traffic safety and intelligent traffic management. Yet, in order to prevent attacks on the vehicular communication, new IT security requirements need to be considered. Secure communication among vehicles and between vehicles and infrastructure must be based on secure automotive on-board electronics networks.

To provide a secure basis for vehicular communication, the European research project EVITA (E-Safety Vehicle Intrusion Protected Applications) designs, verifies, and prototypes security building blocks of automotive on-board networks. The objective of this workshop is to present new project results such as the secure on-board architecture and protocol specifications to the public and to instigate a wider review. The target audience includes, beside the interested public, also potential users of the EVITA results such as car manufacturers and automotive electronics suppliers.

The workshop will take place July 1, 2010 at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research in Darmstadt, Germany. The session is jointly organized by the Competence Center for Applied Security Technology (CAST) and the EVITA consortium.

Further information on the July 1 workshop, including registration and agenda, are available on CAST’s website, here.