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1. ACHIEVING
CYBER RESILIENCE
IN AUTOMOTIVE
SECURITY IN
THE DRIVER’S
SEAT

2. CISOs in automotive
companies need to:
• Protect critical IT and manufacturing systems
• Manage the vulnerabilities of a broad ecosystem
of relationships
• Handle growing data demands
No industry is safe
from the threat of
cyberattacks
On average, automotive
companies had 160
targeted attacks in the
last year
160
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3. Security must be “business first”
3
Cybersecurity decision
making is elevated….
of automotive executives
say that cybersecurity
budget authorization rests
with the Board of Directors.
30%
….and confidence in
cybersecurity capabilities
runs high…
of automotive executives
are confident that they
can quickly recover
manufacturing operations
in the event of a
cyberattack.
81%
….yet the reality is
less impressive
out of 33 cybersecurity
capabilities, automotive is
high-performing in just 18.
18/33
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4. Three actions can help tackle
the next wave of cyberattacks:
Secure operational technology
environments
Safeguard the supply chain
Shift from product-oriented to
customer-centric business
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5. As OT environments become
more connected, they become
more vulnerable. Threats
include:
• Protecting intellectual property while
preventing production downtimes in the age of
the Industrial Internet of Things
• Managing the dramatic differences in the
environments of IT and OT, even as they
converge
Secure operational
technology (OT)
environments
of automotive
executives recognize the risks
from new business models and
the increase in attack surface,
less than global respondents
(82%).
71%
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6. Manufacturers must be confident that the security measures
applied extend beyond their four walls. Challenges include:
• Being reliant on third parties producing up to 70% of their product
• Managing more than 5,000 changeable car parts and thousands of different manufacturers
• Smaller manufacturers don’t operate the same security measures
• Maintaining security across a network of thousands of dealers and sales representatives
• Growing evidence of exploitation, e.g. compromising car systems
Safeguard the supply chain
6
of automotive
executives rate their third-party
cybersecurity high performing,
9% lower than global respondents.
50%
There are weaknesses in security across the entire supply chain:
of automotive
companies said they do not apply the
same security standards to their partners
as their own business.*
37%
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7. New technologies and changing
customer expectations mean
automotive companies need to
think differently about what they
are selling and how.
Issues include:
• Managing huge data volumes
• Being more customer-centric/customer
experience focused
• Becoming a transportation services provider
e.g. mobility, connected services
Shift from product-
oriented to customer-
centric business
7
44%
42%
protect customer information
as part of their cybersecurity
strategy.
protect organization
information.
The pressure is on to protect
data vulnerabilities:
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8. Automotive executives
know there is work to do
8
64% 47%
of automobile executives hold
their partners to
the same or higher
cybersecurity standards
as their business,
and audit regularly.
recognize they need to
improve security
monitoring.
44%
recognize they need to
improve cyber threat
analytics—the “basics” of
security programs.
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9. The journey to accelerate value
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01
Address security fundamentals
Harden and protect core assets, pressure-test resilience and automate defenses
using breakthrough technologies, intelligence and data.
02
Extend security to the wider ecosystem
Identify risk among third-party suppliers, manufacturers, and
dealers and support an ecosystem of vendors.
03
Create a safety-by-design culture
Create a safety culture for cybersecurity efforts, driven by a
next-generation CISO who is tech- and business-savvy.
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10. About the research
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Automotive
executives
Companies with
revenues >US$6bn
Countries:
Australia | Brazil | France | Germany
Italy | Japan | Singapore | Spain
United Kingdom | United States
Survey conducted 2018
RESPONDENTS’
TITLES
Chief Information Officer
Chief Security Officer
Chief Compliance Officer
Chief Risk Officer
Corporate Security Officer
Chief Security Architect
101
63
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11. Read the full report:
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Note: Unless otherwise stated, the statistics in this point of view represent
retail respondents in the survey report “Gaining ground on the attacker: 2018
State of Cyber Resilience,” Accenture 2018.
*Cyber Threatscape Report 2018, Midyear cybersecurity risk review, Accenture.