Vehicle Security
Conceptual diagram illustrating SwRI’s malware detection research project.
SwRI’s automobile test track.
Multi-Disciplinary Capabilities
Vehicle and embedded systems security is an inherently inter-disciplinary domain. Most organizations offering security services are focused on information technology (IT) or have expertise in only hardware, software or communications. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) takes a holistic approach to vehicle security and has staff with experience in all relevant areas, to include:
- Wired and wireless networking
- Embedded hardware
- Embedded software and application software
- Security technology
- Vehicle systems
Related SwRI Expertise
- Vulnerability analysis
- Penetration aesting
- Security risk assessment and best practices
- Design-for-security consulting
- Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) research
- Vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) cresearch
- Autonomous vehicle research
- Requirements analysis, design, prototyping, integration, testing
- Consumer, commercial, military, and off-highway vehicles
- National and international standards-based development
- CMMI Level 5® software engineering processes
A History of Vehicle Work
Since its inception in 1947, SwRI has dedicated extensive resources toward serving the automotive industry. Today, more than 1,000 SwRI employees work on automotive-related projects. SwRI provides client-confidential test and evaluation services for the automotive industry worldwide.
SwRI Facilities & Resources
Research facilities on SwRI’s campus include an automobile test track, drive-in shielded RF chambers, and state-of-the-art dynamometers with computer-based control systems that regulate vehicle speed, which enables in-place testing while vehicular systems can perform as they would on the open road.
SwRI Facilities & Resources
- Headquarters on more than 1,200-acres instrumented with dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) radios, signage, and representative obstacles
- Embedded Systems Security Research and Test Laboratory
- One mile automobile test track
- Drive-in shielded radio-frequency (RF) chambers
- 200 state-of-the-art dynamometers with computer-based control systems
- More than 2 million square feet of laboratories and offices
