NHTSA

On Monday, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued guidelines for automakers and developers, highlighting the need to protect increasingly autonomous cars against cyberattacks.

The 22-page document released by NHTSA outlines the agency’s voluntary best practices for automakers going forward. The document underscores the fact that the NHTSA acknowledges that protection of connected cars against cyberattacks will be an ongoing battle.

During the course of a meeting with automotive engineers in Washington on Wednesday, US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is making a change to its star-rating consumer advisory system, by adding two emergency-braking technologies.