VicOne’s recent Automotive Cyber Report 2026 highlights a new level of attacker maturity. “In-vehicle systems have emerged as the primary target, accounting for nearly 40% of observed attacks”.
The 2026 Global Automotive and Smart Mobility Cybersecurity Report, recently published by Upstream, highlighted that 67% of incidents stemmed from telematics and cloud. A frightening 61% had the potential to impact thousands, or even millions, of mobility assets.
As cyber threats increase in number and expand in scope, automotive suppliers and makers are in a race to improve their capacity to detect and respond rapidly to incidents. Vulnerabilities in vehicle systems connected everywhere, all the time, are a serious and escalating concern beyond the automotive industry, for authorities, regulators, and operators too. But the financial viability of maintaining continuous cyber resilience over a vehicle operational life seems out of reach. How can the continued safety of, and frequent updates to, vehicles dependent on complex software be achieved at a cost that anyone can afford?
The SecureTCU team has developed a solution that provides real-time in-vehicle detection and reporting of security events to a VSOC, rapid identification and Security Incident Response, and OTA Updates that substantially reduces the time to mitigate issues, potentially eliminating the need for vehicle recalls. Tight integration of this cyber defence capability with ISO26262 safety & ISO 21434 security databases allows continuous evidence of UNECE R155/156 compliance.
A collaboration between AESIN members Beam Connectivity, Secure Elements, AUTOCRYPTand KATECH in South Korea, the SecureTCU team are now moving to real-world testing and demonstrating the solution in a remote operation use case that demands a rapid cyber response.
Watch the short primer video about the project and follow our progress at http://securetcu.io
