Deloitte Supplement - January 6, 2020 - D12

Industry 4.0 in automotive

With disruption often comes wide-ranging cyber risks

manufacturing environment, the most recent

for the automotive ecosystem. Cyberattacks can

evolution of cyber everywhere across most industries.

breach data, privacy, and safety; disrupt operations

Insulating manufacturing from disruption, while

and compromise coveted intellectual property; cause

protecting employees and product integrity, is all very

financial losses; and dilute consumer trust in a brand.

important now. As a result, our cybersecurity

These are daunting challenges-but they also open up

organization is involved in every aspect of GM's

interesting opportunities. To gain insight on how

business.

automakers are approaching "cyber everywhere," we
sat down with General Motors' (GM) vice president of

DELOITTE: How can automotive companies

global cybersecurity, Jeff Massimilla, to understand

promote external collaboration to address cyber risks?

what GM is doing from an enterprise and product
JM: Collaborations, whether within or outside of the

perspective to mitigate cyber risk.

automotive industry, are extremely important to
DELOITTE: How would you describe "cyber

understanding different solutions, and sharing this

everywhere" in the automotive industry and how has

knowledge is critical in addressing the rapidly

it evolved over the past five years?

evolving cyber threat landscape. We collaborate with
several industries including medical devices,

JEFF MASSIMILLA: The very concept of "cyber

aerospace and defense, and consumer electronics. The

everywhere" has evolved greatly over the past five

point of these relationships is to exchange knowledge

years. Earlier, it focused just on information

and expertise around the key challenges in connected

technology systems, with the aim to prevent the loss

ecosystems. In the automotive industry, we have two

of intellectual property. Even then, GM had a

very specific collaboration initiatives. The first is the

somewhat broader definition than other companies

US Auto Information Sharing and Analysis Center

because of OnStar.1 Today, however, cyber

(Auto-ISAC), which allows us to collaborate within a
competitive industry. It encourages meaningful

"Understanding the different
solutions and sharing knowledge
across the industry are critical
to address the rapidly evolving
cyber threat landscape."
everywhere is truly an end-to-end connected

interactions among automotive companies with
varying levels of cyber maturity. It provides a safe,
trusted environment for participants to create best
practices for the entire industry. The second critical
piece is related to supply chain security-we work
closely with our partner suppliers to ensure the
integrity, security, and quality of our products.
Collaboration presents some challenges too, with the
main one being forming a collaboration mentality
across the ecosystem, so that everyone is working
together to mitigate the risks of cyber incursion.

ecosystem, from the back office through the telecom
carriers and down to the platform itself, enabling

DELOITTE: How do you navigate the threat of cyber

automated driving and convenience features, mobile

risk to your business operations and products when

hotspots, and so on. GM still has an information

you work with partners that might be operating in less

security function, but it has evolved to be highly

mature cyber environments?

focused on data privacy. Focus has also moved to the

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