Block Harbor Cybersecurity

Block Harbor Cybersecurity protects cars and other vehicles from cyber attack, working from Detroit, Michigan. Since 2014 it has worked with carmakers, suppliers and regulators, and it now sells a software platform as well as hands-on testing and defence services.

What Block Harbor Cybersecurity offers

• Vehicle Security Engineering Cloud (VSEC) — a platform covering a vehicle programme from design to decommissioning.
• Threat analysis tools — automated threat and risk analysis with templates for design teams.
• Testing coordination — tracking vulnerabilities and assessments across components and suppliers during manufacture.
• Lifetime monitoring — following new threats and keeping compliance records for vehicles in service.
• Red Team — offensive security experts who test vehicles for flaws.
• Blue Team — defenders who design, implement and monitor security controls.

Who it works with

It serves carmakers and their suppliers, and has worked with regulators on vehicle cybersecurity. Its guidance covers standards such as ISO/SAE 21434 and UNECE WP.29.

Key facts

• Based in: Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Working since: 2014
• Community: founding member of ASRG Detroit
• Recognition: winners at the DefCon 27 Car Hacking Village
• Partnership: Keysight Technologies, on an automotive test workbench