SHINE-ON, a research and innovation project on automotive cybersecurity funded by Cyber 4.0, starts.
Three goals of the project, an acronym for “Secured HIgh accuracy localizatioN Equipment for automotive applicatioNs.”
- Development of an innovative control unit to increase the accuracy of vehicle positioning with safety levels in line with the ISO/SAE DIS 21434 standard
- ECU integration in a real and complex Automotive context on the new Ducato Stellantis vehicle
- Testing the control unit against external attacks in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the implemented security measures
The initiative, coordinated by RadioLabs Research Consortium is based on a company-university partnership involving the University of L’Aquila and Drivesec.
The SHINE ON project will last 18 months and involves the development of a new ECU (Electronic Controller Unit) for automotive applications, called SGAM (Secured GNSS Augmentation Module) certified ISO/SAE DIS 21434 “Automotive Cybersecurity Engineering,” to be installed on FIAT Ducato Stellantis vehicle.
SGAM consists of the integration of a GNSS Augmentation module, which implements advanced accurate localization algorithms, and a cryptographic module with innovative features called Crypto Engine. The Crypto Engine has been validated in an automotive research project (EMERGE project), which therefore sets the starting TRL of the SHINEON project at 5. In this regard, strategic is the synergy with the MiSE EMERGE project already mentioned in the introduction from which it will be possible to make available free of charge for SHINE ON almost all of the equipment platforms and the use of the vehicle (Ducato Stellantis) necessary for the in-service tests of the SGAM ECU, allocating, therefore, the major resources to the research and development activities that strongly characterize this initiative.