Trusted computing for automotive systems

For new automotive applications and services, information technology (IT) has gained central importance. Safety and reliability has become a relatively well-established field. However, the protection of vehicular IT-systems against systematic manipulation or intrusion has started to emerge just recently. For example, user privacy aspects aren't considered at all for the time being. Nevertheless, some complex IT-systems are already base of various security-critical vehicular applications, such as immobilizers or digital tachographs. In Order to securely enable future automotive applications and business models while ensuring users' privacy as well, IT-security will be an obligatory technology for the next generation of vehicles.