Our Automotive Cyber Security Services

PlaxidityX offers comprehensive cyber security services for your development, production and post-production needs.

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Expertise for your cyber security needs

With PlaxidityX, you are plugging into decades of cyber security and automotive expertise. Our consulting services are designed to ensure vehicles are secured-by-design; to enable management systems which meet market expectations; and to provide assurance that your components, systems, vehicles and organization meet regulatory requirements (eg, WP29 UNR 155), industry standards (eg, ISO/SAE 21434) and can withstand cyber attacks long into the future.

Cyber security compliance

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Enhance your cyber security readiness

With the continued rise and complexity of automotive cyber security regulations, achieving compliance takes specialist expertise and proven knowledge.

PlaxidityX empowers vehicle manufacturers and suppliers with complete cyber security management consulting. Together, we’ll guide you past product, organizational, and compliance roadblocks, work side by side to close gaps and define new strategies and ensure you are ready and able to meet the security and privacy expectations of regulators and your customers.

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Gap analysis

Transforming your Cyber Security Management System (CSMS) or vehicle program and driving ever-higher cyber security starts with understanding what you have, what you need, and any barriers to obtaining compliance certificates and achieving vehicle type approval.

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Take stock of your cyber security posture

Transforming your Cyber Security Management System (CSMS) or vehicle program and driving ever-higher cyber security starts with understanding what you have, what you need, and any barriers to obtaining compliance certificates and achieving vehicle type approval.

With our comprehensive know-how in gap analysis, we’ll collaborate with your stakeholders to evaluate processes and capabilities against a baseline like UN R155 or ISO/SAE 21434. As a result, you’ll get a clear, objective maturity score including practical insights on known gaps and an initial, suggested roadmap for improvement.

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Process definition

When you’re introducing new processes, procedures, policies, and toolsets, it’s important to align everything you do with the regulatory landscape as well as your internal capabilities and needs.

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Define the processes that keep vehicles secure

When you’re introducing new processes, procedures, policies, and toolsets, it’s important to align everything you do with the regulatory landscape – and the expectations of your customers.

Building on your gap analysis or maturity report, we’ll work with process owners to improve existing processes and define new ones against ISO/SAE 21432 (Parts 5-15). At the same time, we’ll apply our regulatory knowledge, proven best practices, and technical competence to define the right process mix for success.

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Process implementation support

Transforming your organization for CSMS and cyber security type approval is a complex process, involving changes that affect stakeholders across your organization and in your supply chain.

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Guiding your transformation to success

Transforming your organization for CSMS and cyber security type approval is a complex process, involving changes that affect stakeholders across your organization and in your supply chain. PlaxidityX has supported process implementation programs for automotive manufacturers and suppliers around the world.

We’ll guide, mentor and work beside your responsible stakeholders, ensuring that the relevant competencies are fully embedded in your organization. As a result, your teams will be ready to adopt new processes with the backing of an experienced partner that understands the challenges involved.

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Certification support & pre-audit

Across automotive management systems, vehicles, system, and component programs, achieving organizational and product certifications as well as passing audits are all significant undertakings.

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Giving you clarity before every audit

Across automotive management systems, vehicles, system, and component programs, achieving organizational and product certifications as well as passing audits are all significant undertakings. We are your proactive partners, guiding you through the entire process and conducting pre-audits that mirror the work of accredited technical authorities.

We’ll work with you to assess your compliance against standards like UNR 155, UNR 156, ISO/SAE 21434, ISO/PAS 5112, and more. Then we’ll help fill any gaps, communicate with regulators on your behalf, and support your internal teams through a successful audit.

Cyber security engineering

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Secure the entire development journey

Our cyber security engineers support your development journey, ensuring vehicles and components are secure-by-design. From enhancing security engineering already in the process to building a security solution from scratch, PlaxidityX has the expertise and experience to ensure a secure solution.

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Concept & TARA

Embedding robust cyber security into your vehicle and its systems starts at the earliest stages of development.

Concept & TARA


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Secure-by-design vehicle architectures and components

Embedding robust cyber security into your vehicle and its systems starts at the earliest stages of development.

We support the creation of work products (from ISO/SAE 21434 to ASPICE for cybersecurity extensions) as well as the improvement of your threat analysis and risk assessment activities and internal guidelines. From the cyber security plan through the concept phase, we’ll work with you to embed security into your software-defined and connected vehicles.

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Vehicle and ECU development

With decades of combined automotive and cyber security engineering experience, PlaxidityX is already a trusted partner in all phases of vehicle and ECU development programs.

Vehicle and ECU development


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Bringing cyber security insights to your development process

With decades of combined automotive and cyber security engineering experience, PlaxidityX is already a trusted partner in all phases of vehicle and ECU development programs.

Use Argus’ expertise to create or review any cyber security work product. From the cyber security plan through cyber security validation activities and work products, we’ll safeguard cyber security at every stage of product development.

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Architecture review

When preparing to go to market, manufacturers trust PlaxidityX for a comprehensive, final assessment of the planned vehicle’s E/E architecture and connected services infrastructure.

Architecture review


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A final check of the entire vehicle ecosystem

When preparing to go to market, manufacturers trust PlaxidityX for a comprehensive, final assessment of the planned vehicle’s E/E architecture and connected services infrastructure.

We’ll provide our expert opinion on your architecture, identify any final security gaps, and suggest practical steps for remediation to assure you can move towards vehicle type approval with certainty that your vehicle is ready to meet the challenges of safety, security and privacy in a connected world.

Automotive Penetration Testing

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Meet industry demands for end-to-end automotive cyber security testing

To meet the demands of compliance, new regulations, and the expectations of your customers, every vehicle, its HW and SW components, and connected services should be comprehensively tested.

PlaxidityX has decades of automotive cyber security testing and vulnerability research experience. We’ll help you uncover zero-day vulnerabilities and demonstrate product assurance to regulatory authorities and end users.

From defining an effective automotive penetration testing strategy that achieves your compliance objectives to whole-vehicle, system-level and component-level assurances, it’s everything you need to proceed to registration and, ultimately, sales.

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Penetration testing

Vulnerability research and pentesting are vital steps within cyber security management and towards vehicle type approval.

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Demonstrable vehicle and component assurance

Vulnerability research and pentesting are vital steps within cyber security management and towards vehicle type approval.

With specialist expertise from the frontlines of automotive cyber security research and development, we’ll test your components and vehicles to ensure they meet requirements and are ready to go to market.

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Fuzz testing

Fuzz testing combines automated and proprietary PlaxidityX tooling with the collective knowledge and experience of PlaxidityX white-hat hackers. Our years of vulnerability research and zero-day findings are the foundation of every test we run.

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Scalable testing options for vehicles and systems

Fuzz testing combines automated and proprietary PlaxidityX tooling with the collective knowledge and experience of PlaxidityX white-hat hackers. Our years of vulnerability research and zero-day findings are the foundation of every test we run.

With PlaxidityX fuzz testing, you’ll receive a comprehensive review of common automotive protocols and interfaces, across vehicles, ECUs, and software. We provide these capabilities all while keeping test costs relatively low and generating in-depth reports for vehicle homologation and component certification.

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Code review

An independent perspective on the code in your software is key to understanding whether you have met your required security controls and best practice.

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A deep dive into your software-defined vehicles and components

An independent perspective on the code in your software is key to understanding whether you have met your required security controls and best practice.

Manually analyzing your codebase, we’ll investigate to make sure it’s developed in line with secure development guidelines. We’ll also report on any identified vulnerabilities or flaws – then provide clear guidance on how to remediate them and achieve vehicle or component approval.

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Alexa Auto security assessment

Integrated voice controls provided by Alexa Voice Service (AVS) are a compelling point of difference for your infotainment system and driver experience. However, using Alexa comes with distinct security requirements and obligations.

Alexa Auto security assessment


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Enabling Alexa Voice Services to enhance the driving experience

Integrated voice controls provided by Alexa Voice Service (AVS) are a compelling point of difference for your infotainment system and driver experience. However, using Alexa comes with distinct security requirements and obligations.

With an Alexa Auto security assessment, get testing that’s tailored to Amazon’s requirements for utilizing AVS in your vehicle. As one of just a few AVS-certified test labs, we’ll analyze your integration, score your security against each item and requirement of the “Alexa Auto Security Intake” form, then prepare your report for submission to Amazon, enabling you to bring vehicles to market with AVS built-in.

Cyber security operations

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Stay ahead of emerging threats

Automotive cyber security is a journey, not a destination – and it takes specialist knowledge and proven capability to stay ahead of emerging and evolving threats.

PlaxidityX delivers holistic support for your cyber security operations, including planning, triage, and recovery expertise. We’ll help you navigate the road of continuous compliance and work with you to secure the safety and privacy of your software-defined vehicles.

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L1-L2 SOC

The first responders for emerging cyber security issues, L1-L2 SOC monitors security alerts from your fleet, conducts first analysis, and triggers additional activities from across the wider team.

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The frontlines of automotive cyber security

The first responders for emerging cyber security issues, L1-L2 SOC monitors security alerts from your fleet, conducts first analysis, and triggers additional activities from across the wider team.

Our experts carry out initial triage, ensuring that security incidents are resolved appropriately, whether that’s initiating established procedures, engaging subject matter experts or simply resolving false positives.

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L3 SOC

As automotive security incidents escalate, L3 SOC uses a combination of human subject matter expertise and proprietary tools to lead you to a resolution.

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Leadership in cyber security incident response

As automotive security incidents escalate, L3 SOC uses a combination of human subject matter expertise and proprietary tools to lead you to a resolution.

PlaxidityX L3 services offer industry-leading expertise for the fastest possible event resolution. Working with us, multiple layers of automotive cyber security research, development and use case engineering know-how are at your service and ready to respond whenever an incident occurs.

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Use cases & playbook support

Staying ahead of cyber security incidents means understanding the threats you face, the potential indicators of compromise, how to monitor for them and what kind of response is appropriate.

Use cases & playbook support


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Addressing your residual risk

Staying ahead of cyber security incidents means understanding the threats you face, the potential indicators of compromise, how to monitor for them and what kind of response is appropriate.

Plug into our extensive experience in research and technology development across automotive cyber security response. We’ll conduct use case engineering and define key attack vectors, scenarios, and data indicators. All based on an existing framework like MITRE ATT&CK or an enriched version for your organization.

As a result, you’ll have a single source for insights on risks to consumer safety, security and privacy as well as to your brand’s reputation.

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Vulnerability management as a service

Software vulnerabilities are a major threat to any connected device, especially when it’s a vehicle. Consumer safety, privacy and brand reputation are all at stake when vulnerabilities are present.

Vulnerability management as a service


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Scanning your vehicles and assets for vulnerabilities

Software vulnerabilities are a major threat to any connected device, especially when it’s a vehicle. Consumer safety, privacy and brand reputation are all at stake when vulnerabilities are present.

PlaxidityX delivers periodic, up-to-date scans of the vulnerabilities affecting your vehicles and components. We’ll monitor, respond to, and report on any vulnerabilities in your vehicle or software, from development to vehicle type approval, production and post-production.

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Incident response

When your vehicles, components, or services are under attack, you need the backing of a team with unparalleled knowledge across every aspect of automotive cyber security.

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On-call support for attacks in progress

When your vehicles, components, or services are under attack, you need the backing of a team with unparalleled knowledge across every aspect of automotive cyber security.

The PlaxidityX Security Incident Response Team (SIRT) leads your attack response, from event analysis and attack path recreation to containment, response planning, and recovery. We’ll also help execute your response while maintaining clear executive communication to help you navigate the implications of an incident.

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“We chose PlaxidityX based on its proven experience, knowledge, methodology, and expertise..PlaxidityX’s ability to complete and submit in an extremely short time with top quality results, was critical for meeting our business goals”

Emrah Duman

“PlaxidityXs’ comprehensive suite of cyber security solutions and its outstanding array of strategic technological partnerships have contributed to the company’s leadership position”

Dorothy Amy

“The partnership with PlaxidityX enables our customers to perform cybersecurity testing on our established test platforms ..We are excited to partner with a strong and experienced cybersecurity service provider such as PlaxidityX”

Dr. Herbert Schütte

“By combining PlaxidityX’s expertise in securing connected vehicles with Microsoft’s Azure AI capabilities, we have a unique opportunity to accelerate ‘shift left’ security innovations across the entire automotive sector..”

Dominik Wee

“PlaxidityX is a key pillar of Continental’s SDV strategy, enabling Continental to implement a security-by-design approach. As automotive cyber security moves to the cloud, PlaxidityX’ cutting-edge technologies and proven VSOC capabilities position us advantageously to meet our customers’ future needs”

Gilles Mabire