Ford Trucks Partners With Irdeto For Advanced Key Management, Electronic Control Units For Software Signing Services

This partnership marks an important step in Ford Trucks’ commitment to enhancing the truck’s cybersecurity system and its components in line with the latest industry standards and regulations.

Irdeto will provide Ford Trucks with an advanced, fully managed lifecycle management service that is certified to ISO 27001. This customizable service is designed to meet the changing needs of Ford Trucks’ different product lines and Electronic Control Units (ECUs ), ensuring the highest level of security and reliability in connected devices.

The partnership is timely, given the increasing cybersecurity requirements mandated by the UNECE R-155 regulation for automotive OEMs, which has come into effect from January 2021. Irdeto’s solution not only addresses these regulatory requirements but also provides flexibility in response to the changing cyber security environment. without the need for significant upfront investment in security infrastructure.

This partnership enables Ford Trucks to streamline its focus on innovation, safety, and quality, by offloading complex key management and signing services to software. Irdeto Keys and Credentials Service is a comprehensive security solution that manages the entire lifecycle of trusted credentials, and a secure operating system for connected devices, ensuring each vehicle is authorized and protected against potential cyber threats.

Key benefits of Irdeto’s service include enhanced security and reliability, compliance with emerging regulations, long-term stability and recovery, comprehensive lifecycle management, and unparalleled flexibility and customization options.

“This partnership underlines our commitment to include modern safety measures in our vehicles, enhancing the safety and reliability of our customers in a connected world. Together with Irdeto, we are moving forward in a new era of automotive innovation, where safety and technology come together to create better cars and safe for the future, said Emrah Duman, at Ford Trucks Leader.

“Through our partnership with Ford Trucks, Irdeto is pleased to bring our security expertise to the forefront of automotive innovation. Together, we are setting new standards in automotive security, to ensure that as vehicles become more connected, they also become safer and more resilient to threats This partnership symbolizes our shared vision of a future where mobility is not only advanced and efficient but also secure and reliable for all users.” confirmed Niels Haverkorn, SVP, New Markets at Irdeto.

Irdeto’s proven track record, with more than 350 million devices secured and more than 1 billion public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates issued, together with its more than 50 years of experience in security solutions, makes it the ideal partner for Ford Otosan. The partnership underscores the commitment of both companies to provide safe, innovative and customer-centric solutions in the connected vehicle ecosystem.