Data drivers: Cybersecurity and Connected Cars

In the race to the future, our cars are becoming supercomputers on wheels. By 2025, it’s estimated that 70% of light-duty vehicles and trucks globally will be connected to the internet. These rolling data centers are set to generate a staggering amount of information – up to 25 gigabytes per hour for automated vehicles. As we transition into an increasingly interconnected automotive ecosystem critical questions emerge.

Join us for a conversation with Berkeley law professor James Dempsey and Professor Andrew Grotto of Stanford: who should control the vast amounts of data generated by our vehicles? And how can we balance the benefits of connectivity with the need for robust security, privacy, innovation and competition?

Hosted by: Alexa Raad and Leslie Daigle.

Further reading:

• McKinsey & Company, “Unlocking the full life-cycle value from connected-car data” 
• “Intel Predicts Autonomous Driving Will Spur New ‘Passenger Economy’ Worth $7 Trillion” (2017)
• Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It” (2015)
• Cybersecurity and the Connected Car, Andrew Grotto and James Dempsey (2024) 
• Web Hackers vs. The Auto Industry: Critical Vulnerabilities in Ferrari, BMW, Rolls Royce, Porsche, and More
• Related TechSequences podcast: Connected cars and the privacy debacles

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