With the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) new regulations on cybersecurity for autonomous and automated vehicles being adopted in the summer of 2020, the Institute for Security and Safety as a working member of the World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29), started a dialogue initiative surrounding the new regulations.

The initiative’s aim is to inform the German automotive industry about the implementation process and the content of the new regulations R.155 and R.156, in order to help the industry cope with the challenges posed by the regulations. This process was kicked off during the ISS Automotive Security Summit in November 2020, which brought together members of the industry with the Secretary of UNECE’s Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles, to discuss the implications of the new regulations.

Since the regulation`s entry into force in January 2021, the Institute for Security and Safety has established its Automotive Security Expert Dialogue in a series of reiterations.

The dialogues offer stakeholders of the German automotive sector to familiarize themselves with the topic. In addition to that, they receive expert input to support their endeavors towards compliance.

Information on the next Dialogue and Registration can be found here.