SAIC Motor, Tencent jointly set up cybersecurity lab

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- On April 8, SAIC Motor and Tencent officially launched a cybersecurity lab through which they will carry out in-depth collaboration on such fields as ICV (intelligent-connected vehicle)-related cybersecurity standards, attack & defense technologies as well as cybersecurity R&D and operation.

SAIC Motor, Tencent jointly unveiling cybersecurity lab; photo credit: SAIC Motor

The newly-unveiled lab will engage in the R&D of the attack & defense and security technologies related to ICVs, and the development of cybersecurity products. It will also work on combining the cybersecurity construction with the process of complete vehicle R&D and manufacturing, so as to improve the ICV cybersecurity featuring “cloud-pipe-device collaboration”.

In addition, the joint lab will build a cybersecurity operation system that fully covers the lifecycle of ICVs, in order to achieve rapid and precise monitoring, warning and emergence preparedness response. 

Through the new lab, SAIC Motor and Tencent will jointly endeavor to guarantee the privacy and data security for ICV users.

SAIC Motor started the deployment of ICV-related cybersecurity as early as 2018, when it launched the industry’s first cybersecurity lab and security emergency preparedness response center.

In 2019, the Shanghai-based auto giant introduced the cybersecurity system into the development of 5G-enabled Level 4 (only available for some specific scenarios) smart heavy-duty trucks deployed at Yangshan Port. This was China’s first intelligent vehicle project recorded in the country’s cybersecurity regulator.

SAIC Motor has to-day gained the ICV cybersecurity capabilities dedicated to far-field, near-field and in-car scenarios, making itself stand out from rivals in cybersecurity technologies.