Dave Waddell, Windsor Star
January 28, 2021
The University of Windsor will be the site of Canada’s first organization dedicated to countering threats to the connected transportation marketplace.
The SHIELD Automotive Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence will focus on developing the skills, innovations and policy to secure connected and autonomous vehicles.
The cybersecurity centre got a further boost this week with the announcement of a memorandum of understanding with the Automotive Parts Manufacturing Association (APMA).
APMA and SHIELD will collaborate to develop market-based technologies to meet the needs of producers and consumers and build academic programs to address industry’s evolving requirements.
“We hope that this partnership will help to advance a cybersecurity culture shift in the industry in Canada,” said APMA president Flavio Volpe.
“There is much work to be done to protect our collective interest in advancing this country’s globally competitive automotive sector.”
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