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12th International VDI Conference - Cyber Security for Vehicles

Course number: 01KO907

Expert presentations & interactive sessions on technical challenges, current developments & the newest solutions for automotive security
Meet technical experts & key decision-makers from leading OEMs & suppliers
Extensive networking opportunities during networking breaks and evening event

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On June 9-10, 2026, the International VDI Conference - Cyber Security for Vehicles will take place for the 12th time in Munich, Germany! Join technical experts and key decision-makers from leading OEMs & suppliers to discuss technical challenges, stay up-to date on current developments & explore the newest solutions for automotive security.

Unlocking Automotive Security in the Digital Age

Vehicles are increasingly becoming connected mobile computers. This means that automotive manufacturers are as much software companies as they are producers of hardware. That’s why cyber security should be a major concern for the automotive industry. However, in a recent survey, 84% of respondents said that industry practices are not keeping pace with the ever-evolving security landscape. The VDI Conference - Cyber Security for Vehicles will allow you to stay ahead of the curve. Make use of discussions and in-depth presentations to broaden your knowledge and connect with the right people from the whole automotive security ecosystem.

Program

09:00	Registration & welcome coffee
10:00	Chair’s welcome and opening address Dr. Mathias Dehm, AUMOVIO Autonomous Mobility Germany
	I. Regulations, Standards, Processes & Homologation
10:15	Bridging the Gap: Integrating ISO/SAE 21434 into the Silicon Development Lifecycle Introduction of the NVIDIA DRIVE platform and the Thor SoC Overview of NVIDIA‘s ASIC development process and how we introduced ISO/ SAE 21434 into it Discussing challenges we faced implementing each of the ISO‘s chapters into our chip development process Daniel Wegemer, Senior Hardware Security Architect, NVIDIA, Germany
10:45	Strengthening Automotive Cyber Resilience Through Global Information Sharing: The Auto-ISAC Model The role of information and intelligence sharing in improving cyber security How Auto-ISAC supports alignment with evolving regulations and standards Real-time information and intelligence sharing across 19 Working Groups Member-driven knowledge and insights delivered through Auto-ISAC products Faye Francy, Executive Director, Auto-ISAC, USA
11:15	Networking & coffee break
11:45	Securing Smart Charging: Critical Attack Paths, Business Impact & Joint Controls Across Stakeholders Ecosystem overview: who connects to whom, and what data is exchanged Where attacks can realistically happen along the chain So what: business impact and what to fix first—together Konrad Fels, M. Sc, Competence Unit Manager E-Mobility Georg Graupner, MBA, Competence Unit Manager Embedded Cybersecurity, both: NTT DATA Deutschland SE, Germany
12:15	Designing Proportionate Vehicle Security Controls Through Context Driven Decision Making How risk assessments can be turned into practical, cost-efficient security controls The trade-offs between protection, performance, cost, and SoC capabilities How OEMs and suppliers can align control decisions across the vehicle lifecycle Falk Mayer, Founder & Managing Director, CYMETRIS, Germany
12:45	Lunch
	II. Security Technologies & Developments in Security for Automated Vehicles
14:15	APIs Have Become the Nervous System of Vehicle Innovation, but Also the Biggest Vehicle SOC Challenge How API design oversights scale into vehicle and fleet vulnerabilities Why IT-centric API security tools miss critical context The power of live digital twin technology: how correlating API traffic with telematics, and in-vehicle signals reveals real-world impact Dr. Matthias Lenk, Sales Director, Europe, Upstream, Germany
14:45	Fault Injection: The Attack You’re Not Ready For Background on Fault Injection Attacks Fault Injection Attacks and UN R155/ISO 21434 Mitigations Against Fault Injection Attacks Ondrej Šuffner, Product Security Testing Manager, Accenture, Czech Republic Dr. Daniel Schmidt, Firmware and Embedded Engineering Manager, Accenture, Germany
15:15	Automotive Cybersecurity for Semiconductor SoCs – Applying ISO/SAE 21434 Across the Silicon Lifecycle Alignment of the ISO/SAE 21434 cybersecurity lifecycle with the semiconductor SoC development lifecycle TARA and risk assessment for out-of-context (OoC) SoCs and IP components Automotive-relevant attack scenarios on SoCs and IPs Dipl.-Wirt.-Phys. Dipl.-Phys. Jürgen Helmschmidt, Dipl.-WiInf. Natascha Freitag, SGS TÜV Saar GmbH, Germany
15:45	Networking & coffee break
	III. Cybersecurity in the Software-Defined Vehicle 1
16:30	The Silent Saboteur: Compilers as a Source of Embedded Vulnerabilities Compilers can silently introduce vulnerabilities in embedded systems TARA vulnerabilities and the conditions under which they arise Improved toolchain validation to strengthen software security and development processes Dipl. Ing. Rudolf Grave, Head of Compiler R&D, TASKING, Germany
17:00	Key Management Across Generations in the SDV Transition and a Changing Cryptographic Landscape Trust Boundary Conflicts in Multi-Domain SDV Platforms Integrated Vehicle Key Management System PQC-Ready Key Management Policy Strategy Joohwa Sarah Lee, Managing Director, Autocrypt Technologies GmbH, Germany
18:00	Get-together At the end of the first conference day we kindly invite you to use the relaxed and informal atmosphere for in-depth conversations with other participants and speakers.

09:25	Chair’s welcome day 2
09:30	Interactive Panel Discussion Join the industry experts and discuss challenges and opportunities of cyber security in vehicles. Ask your questions and contribute to the session with your valuable insights and expertise.
10:30	Networking & coffee break
	III. Cybersecurity in the Software-Defined Vehicle 2
11:15	Guardians of the SDV Stack - A new Age of Vehicle Cyber Security Monitoring? Overview of the current landscape of regulatory requirements, complemented by established standards and publicly available solutions Insights that can be drawn from existing technical and methodological approaches to cybersecurity monitoring in modern vehicle architectures Requirements aimed at enabling a holistic security-monitoring approach for Software Defined Vehicles Dr. Alexandre Berthold, Senior Expert - Automotive Cyber Security, Volkswagen, Germany
11:45	Edge AI in Automotive Cybersecurity: Opportunities, Risks, and the Road to Resilience Edge AI enables fast, local threat detection in connected vehicles Deployment requires efficient, reliable, and securely updateable AI models Combining edge and cloud security can make SDVs more cyber-resilient Gregor Knappik, Senior Solution Architect Cybersecurity, VicOne, Germany
12:15	The Double-Edged Sword: Operationalizing Hybrid AI model for Real-Time Threat Detection in Zonal SDV Architectures Introduction to an AI-native Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDPS) for modern automotive environments Use of LSTM networks and Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) to detect and mitigate zero-day attacks in real time Optimization for embedded ECUs and high-throughput zonal gateways with low latency and reduced false positives Strategies to protect AI models from adversarial attacks and data poisoning Secure training and validation approaches to ensure model integrity and robustness Alignment with ISO/SAE 21434 cybersecurity and privacy requirements Thiyaneswaran Murthi, Senior Technical Architect, Bosch Global Software Technologies, India Jayaram Ganapathy, Senior Engineer, Bosch Global Software Technologies, India
12:45	Lunch
14:15	A Hybrid Security Interface Harmonization Concept for Raising the Overall Security Level of Connected Vehicles Modern automotive E/E architectures enable a variety of different securitycritical use cases and business models The requirements regarding security, safety, and performance capabilities vary depending on the application This talk presents a holistic security concept for raising the overall security level of modern vehicles while acknowledging their heterogeneous requirements Dr. Christian Plappert, Head of Cyber-Physical Systems Security, Fraunhofer SIT, Germany
	IV. Post-Development / Vehicle Operation
14:45	The potential of Lightweight Cryptography in long term vehicle maintenance Introduction into technical and processual challenges of long term vehicle maintenance Observation of adaptive strategies to leverage lightweight cryptography as a flexible tool Investigation of use-cases and real-world scenarios where lightweight methods greatly expand the solution space Michael Gerhard Schneider, Principal Expert Product Cybersecurity and Privacy, AUMOVIO, Germany
15:15	Closing Remarks
15:30	End of conference

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Target Group

Engage with international experts and take advantage of the numerous networking opportunities. The "International VDI Conference - Cyber Security for Vehicles" is aimed at professionals and executives from OEMs, Tier-1 and Tier-2 suppliers, as well as IT and software companies. Specifically, the following professionals are addressed:

Cybersecurity and IT security specialists
Security architects and engineers
Software developers
CTOs and CIOs

Supporting Experts

Dr. Mathias Dehm, Chief Product Security & Privacy Officer, Product AI Governance and Product Safety, AUMOVIO, Germany
Prof. Dr. Christoph Krauß, Head of Automotive Security Research, INCYDE GmbH and Head of Research Group Applied Cyber Security Darmstadt, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prof. Dr. Jörn Eichler, Head of Security Engineering, Electric/Electronic Engineering, Volkswagen AG, Germany
Dr. Christian Köbel, Section Leader Digital Systems Technology, Honda R&D Europe GmbH

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You are interested in making the most of the current developments in the automotive security scene? You want to network with other professionals in the field and gain an overview of the challenges and opportunities ahead? Then book your ticket for the 12th International VDI Conference – Cyber Security for Vehicles now!