WISeKey signs Strategic Cooperation with European bright box to add Cyber Protection to Smart Cars, at the Geneva Auto Show
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Geneva, Vienna, New York - March 10, 2016 -- WISeKey, a World Leading Swiss
based cyber security company and bright box LLC a global connected car vendor
specialized in developing tech solutions for the auto industry announced today
at the Geneva Auto Show a strategic alliance to include cybersecurity protection
technology to the bright box's solutions allowing clients to remotely control
vehicle functions such as climate control and locks via their mobile phone and
to receive information such as the vehicle's location.
Bright box took off in 2012 with the launch of Dealer Mobility, a mobile app
facilitating interaction between car dealers and their clients. This was
followed by Remoto, which the company began working on in mid-2013.
All new cars on the market today include wireless technologies that could pose
vulnerabilities to hacking or privacy intrusions as current systems and data
security remain largely unprotected. Smart cars without cybersecurity protection
technology could allow hackers to gain remote access by exploiting
vulnerabilities in their connected ecosystem. While the number of cars
connected to the internet keeps growing quickly (to over a quarter of a billion
by year 2020, as estimated by Gartner) smart car manufactures are working to
identify and reduce potential hacking vulnerabilities in their vehicles.
Carlos Moreira, WISeKey's founder and CEO, said, "We are delighted to partner
with bright box and support a company whose business is aimed at improving
people's lives. Bright box, and its product Remoto, have managed to solve a
problem faced by millions of drivers, and unlike its competitors, bright boxy
has done it cheaply and for the mass market. The company has every chance of
becoming a leading supplier for many of the leading car manufacturers.
"As cars continue to evolve, essentially become giant computers on wheels, they
are vulnerable to the very same threats and attacks as home computers, laptops
and smartphones. Hackers can easily access the vehicle's computer system,
manipulate the brakes, engine, and transmission, using laptops from their living
room. Our technology, is designed to secure and protect identity and avoid
malicious hacking."
WISeKey is currently deploying several large IoT Cybersecurity projects and is
working with car manufacturers to apply its technology to cars to strengthen
their Digital Identification of both, drivers and smart car operating system,
and digitally sign and encrypt the information these cards are sending to
Trusted Clouds. The concept is to allow cars to be accessible only via secure
identity that can be stored on apps or wearables (see video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAyKfPOYwws).
WISeKey's solution reduces potential security threats by:
* Embedding digital certificates, using WISeKey's Public Key Infrastructure
and OISTE's Global Rootkey into NFC Trusted® tags, which can be installed
and connected to existing advanced driver assistance systems and car
operating systems.
* Providing a Digital Certificate to authenticate each sensor installed inside
a smart car.
* Protecting driver's personal data as smart cards cars collect massive amount
of data and essentially know everything about the driver's personal behavior
and movements, which is much similar to current smartphones.
"We are pleased to collaborate with such a significant partner to improve
security technology in our connected car platform. This partnership offers
strong support for our business and strengths bright box company position in the
automotive industry. The Remoto solution with the potential strong cybersecurity
protection enables car manufacturers to provide their customers highly secured
connected cars and furthermore to increase driver's confidence," said Robert
Schuessler, VP of bright box.
About WISeKey
WISeKey is a leading information cybersecurity and identity Management Company,
a Global growth Company partner of the World Economic Forum, providing
specialized technologies for data protection, effective identification and
authentication of people or objects to ensure secured communications and
transactions without compromising trust. More information on www.wisekey.com and
find out more on www.wisekey.com/media-corner
WISeKey Social Media accounts Twitter (at)wisekey, Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram,
Youtube
About bright box
bright box LLC (www.bright-box.eu) is a European corporation that is specialized
in solutions and platforms in the connected car sector. Its headquarters are in
Vienna and the developers work primarily in Eastern Europe. The bright box
management team has many years' experience with software systems in the
automotive sector.
In essence, bright box offers two products. The first is Remoto, a connected car
platform for automobile manufacturers, and the second is Dealer Mobility, a
customer app solution for automobile manufacturers. With Remoto, bright box
delivers a turnkey connected car platform from one source which comprises all
components that an automobile manufacturer needs: a certified Telematic Control
Unit (TCU) to be installed in the vehicles, a web-based control panel and a
customer app for the vehicle's owner to control and track it remotely.
WISeKey: Investor Relations:
Youmna Abisaleh, Head of Marketing and Sales Lena Cati, The Equity Group, Inc.
Tel: +41 22 594 30 40 Tel : +1 212-836-9611
Email: yabisaleh(at)wisekey.com Email: lcati(at)equityny.com
bright box:
Robert Schuessler
VP
Tel: +43 171 728 434
robert.schuessler(at)bright-box.de
www.bright-box.eu
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