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US 12,309,596 · App. 17/773,844 · Granted May 20, 2025

System for the inspection, evaluation and diagnosis of the level of cybersecurity of a vehicle

Inventors: María Azucena Hernández Palmero (Tres Cantos, ES); José Guerreira Velicia (Tres Cantos, ES)
Assignee: EUROCYBCAR, S.L
H04W12/30H04L63/1433H04W4/40
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Patent No.
US 12,309,596
App. No.
17/773,844
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for the inspection, evaluation and diagnosis of the level of cybersecurity of a vehicle, in particular for electronically managed devices and/or systems, comprising a control server provided with software and data communication means configured for data exchange between the software and the electronic devices present in the vehicle, such that the control server determines the existence or absence of situations of data manipulation based on the data coming from the electronic devices.

Claims (45)

1. A system for evaluating cybersecurity of a vehicle, comprising:

a control server provided with software and data communication means configured for data exchange between the software and electronic devices present in the vehicle using data communication means selected from a group consisting of a physical connection socket and data communication means of a wireless type;

wherein the control server is configured to:

acquire and analyze data from the electronic devices in the vehicle;

generate cybersecurity parameters based on the analyzed data;

evaluate a global level of cybersecurity protection against third party attacks for the vehicle based on the generated cybersecurity parameters; and

establish an overall cyber rating for the vehicle based on the evaluated global level of cybersecurity protection; and

establish a comparison between a cybersecurity level of the evaluated vehicle and a cybersecurity level of other vehicles using the overall cyber rating.

2. An installation for a system for the inspection, evaluation and diagnosis according to claim 1 , comprising a Faraday cage structure with dimensions suitable for placing a vehicle therein.

3. An installation for a system for the inspection, evaluation and diagnosis according to claim 1 , comprising a Faraday cage structure with dimensions suitable for placing a vehicle therein.

4. An installation for a system for the inspection, evaluation and diagnosis according to claim 1 , comprising a Faraday cage structure with dimensions suitable for placing a vehicle therein.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control server is further configured to:

establish a risk level classification for the cybersecurity rating selected from:

minor risk level indicating maximum security;

low risk level indicating high security;

medium risk level indicating medium security;

high risk level indicating low security; and

critical risk level indicating critical security.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein evaluating the global level of cybersecurity protection comprises:

analyzing parameters related to at least one of:

physical safety of vehicle occupants;

privacy of personal data;

vehicle function performance;

compliance with legal regulations; and

adaptation of the vehicle to driver needs.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein generating cybersecurity parameters comprises:

evaluating vulnerability of electronic devices selected from:

physical access devices comprising CAN bus, ECU, USB, and EDR; and

remote access devices comprising keyless systems, WiFi ports, Bluetooth devices, ECALL devices, NFC devices, RDS, TPMS systems, and GPS.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control server is further configured to:

associate consequences with the generated cybersecurity parameters;

establish recommendations for improving cybersecurity based on the parameters; and

identify positive security aspects for each parameter.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the software comprises executable instructions adapted to security standards selected from OSSTMM, OWASP, and CVSS protocols.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data communication means comprises at least one of:

wired communication through a physical connection socket; and

wireless communication.

11. A method for the inspection, evaluation and diagnosis of the level of cybersecurity of electronically managed devices and/or systems present in a vehicle comprising the steps of:

acquiring and analysing data coming from electronically managed devices and/or systems;

generating parameters associated with the global level of cybersecurity protection from the data coming from electronically managed devices and/or systems;

performing one or more cybersecurity evaluation tests on the electronically managed devices and/or systems; and

evaluating the global level of cybersecurity protection from the obtained parameters based on results of the one or more performed cybersecurity evaluation tests.

12. The method according to the claim 11 , wherein the generation of parameters associated with the global level of cybersecurity protection is performed by means of software housed in a control server.

13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising an assessment step based on the set of results of all the one or more performed cybersecurity evaluation tests performed.

14. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising an assessment step based on a set of results of the one or more performed cybersecurity evaluation tests performed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2022
From: HERNÁNDEZ PALMERO, MARÍA AZUCENA; GUERREIRA VELICIA, JOSÉ
To: EUROCYBCAR, S.L.
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Continuity (1)
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