SDV Security Advisory

Software-Defined Vehicles concentrate compute, move features into software, and update over the air. That unlocks huge capability, and it opens up a whole new attack surface. We help you secure the SDV architecture before it ships, not after.

New Architecture, New Attack Surface

Moving from dozens of distributed ECUs to zonal controllers and central compute changes the threat model completely. Service-oriented software, hypervisors running mixed-criticality workloads, and frequent OTA updates each open up new paths an attacker can take.

Securing an SDV isn't a matter of securing one more ECU. It's securing a software platform on wheels, with the safety stakes of a vehicle.

Where We Advise on SDV Security

Service-Oriented Architecture

Securing in-vehicle service communication and APIs (such as SOME/IP), and the identity and access between services.

Central & Zonal Compute

Isolation, secure boot, and hardening for high-performance controllers.

Mixed-Criticality & Hypervisors

Keeping safety and non-safety workloads properly separated.

OTA & Software Lifecycle

Secure, validated, traceable updates, aligned with UN R156.

UN R155 / R156

Network Segmentation

Trust boundaries and least-privilege access across the in-vehicle network.

How We Engage

What we do

We review your target SDV architecture, threat-model the new attack surfaces, and define the security requirements and roadmap that fit your platform programme, connecting straight through to our TARA, testing and compliance teams.

What you get

An SDV architecture security review · a threat model · security requirements · an OTA security strategy · a roadmap.

Certifications

ISO 9001:2015 · ISO 27001:2022

Common Questions

SDVs centralise compute and deliver features as updatable software, so the attack surface shifts to service communication, hypervisors and OTA, well beyond the traditional per-ECU concerns.
Yes. The CSMS (R155) and SUMS (R156) obligations both apply, and because SDVs update so often, strong update management (R156) matters even more.
That's the ideal time. Security requirements set during architecture are far cheaper than retrofitting them later.
Yes. The advisory work connects directly to our in-house penetration and fuzz testing.

Secure the Vehicle Your Software Team Is Building

Talk to an advisor about your SDV programme: the architecture, the OTA strategy, and the security requirements that keep it certifiable and safe.