Cyber Attack and Protection Testing on Unmanned Ground Vehicles
The "Tommy Jr." autonomous ground vehicle originally developed by PRI for the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge. Photo: Perrone Robotics Inc.
Mission Secure Inc., a cyber defense technology and solutions provider, and Perrone Robotics Inc., a provider of autonomous ground vehicles, announced a pilot project sponsored by the University of Virginia Department of Systems and Information Engineering to demonstrate cyber attacks and protections on unmanned ground vehicles.
The project will use MSi methodologies developed by the University of Virginia and the Department of Defense for identifying vulnerabilities for cyber attacks. The companies will then simulate realistic attacks to onboard control systems on an autonomous ground vehicle originally made for the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge by Perrone.
The goal is to demonstrate how to identify cyber threats to the vehicle system and how these attacks can be detected and neutralized using MSi’s Secure Sentinel.
“We are all excited about rapid innovation and automation for better efficiency and convenience as the world rapidly automates, but industry has not fully accounted for cyber security required for safety,” says MSi CEO David Drescher. “Modern, advanced cyber attacks pose real risks to the important machines and systems used in daily life and ultimately our safety.”
“This type of collaboration with cyber defense technology providers will continue to be extremely important in validating the serious nature of potential cyber attacks on both autonomous and human operated vehicles,” says Paul Perrone, president and CEO of PRI. “MSi’s Secure Sentinel technology, along with PRI’s fully autonomous vehicle and automated vehicle testing technology, continue to push the forefront of the next wave of autonomous vehicle technology and safety considerations for ground vehicles.”
