NYU Tandon Trains Students on Blockchain and Joins Automotive Cybersecurity Software Initiative

Researchers at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering [have] developed Uptane, universal, free, and open-source framework to protect wireless software updates in vehicles, as part of the OTA cybersecurity toolkit for a growing number of automakers and suppliers. Open-source systems, which imprlynove through open security reviews, are an increasingly popular approach to securing OTA updates via Wi-Fi or cellular connections that eliminate the need for drivers to return to dealerships for upgrades.