industry unlocked personal information or operate in an undesirable manner .
“ Any connected device can potentially be compromised by malicious actors . Therefore , as driverless cars become more prevalent , the number of vulnerabilities that can be exploited by the pool of increasingly sophisticated malicious actors will also continue to grow . Moreover , there is a greater risk when driverless cars interact with thirdparty and cloud service providers . When multiple devices are connected , there is a risk that a weak link in any of them can be exploited to compromise them all .
“ In particular , manufacturers should consider cybersecurity issues from the outset and build security into the design and development of the product .
As driverless cars become more prevalent , the number of vulnerabilities that can be exploited by the pool of increasingly sophisticated malicious actors will also continue to grow .
Building data security and privacy into the design of driverless cars from the outset can improve functionality and decrease costs , as well as maximising compliance with legal requirements .”
Andy Kemp , Director of BAE Systems Applied Intelligence ’ s transport business , said : “ Across all transport modes , whether that is rail , road or air , transport networks face a common challenge of increasing customer demand on fixed capacity networks . Building new roads and railways helps , but is expensive , has long lead times and often the extra capacity created is very quickly consumed by the backlog of demand that has built up .
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