Chip lifecycle / Vehicle cybersecurity lifecycle / Cybersecurity Management System & Organisation

Cybersecurity Management System & Organisation

Setting up the organisation's cybersecurity management system before any one project relies on it: the cybersecurity policy and governance, roles and responsibilities, the processes for risk management, development, production, monitoring, incident response and updates, competence and awareness, tool and information security management, supplier management, and organisational audits. For a vehicle maker this is the system the approval authority assesses for a certificate of compliance under UN R155; for a supplier it is the evidence its customers audit.

Where this stage sits

This stage with its neighbours. Each row is a discipline active here, shaded by how mature its work is by the end of each stage.

Key0.0Planned0.3Outlined0.5Analysed0.8Feature complete1.0CompleteFreezeFrozenFaded block: still at the step shown before it, Held below Complete or Maintained under change control once complete or frozenFreeze or sign-off pointMilestone for one item; the rest of the work carries onMilestone gateYou are here: Cybersecurity Management System & OrganisationAI impactDisruption (red)Augmentation (blue)Opportunity (green)How AI is changing the workWhat the steps mean What the codes mean

Show this chart as a list

Stages

Organisation, approval and support milestones

Cybersecurity engineering milestones

Disciplines

Cybersecurity management and governance^A
- Cybersecurity Management System & Organisation: maturity 0.0, Planned. CSMS in place, audited and able to support projects; no project cybersecurity plan agreed yet.; CSMS baseline (milestone for one item)
- Item Definition, Cybersecurity Plan & Interface Agreements: maturity 0.3, Outlined. Project cybersecurity plan agreed: activities, tailoring and responsible people named; the first reviews check the item definition and the TARA for scope and method.
- Threat Analysis & Risk Assessment (TARA): maturity 0.3, Outlined. Project cybersecurity plan agreed: activities, tailoring and responsible people named; the first reviews check the item definition and the TARA for scope and method.
Supplier and interface management^A
- Cybersecurity Management System & Organisation: maturity 0.0, Planned. Supplier management process set in the CSMS, with the capability questionnaire and the interface agreement template; no supplier assessed for this item yet.
- Item Definition, Cybersecurity Plan & Interface Agreements: maturity 0.3, Outlined. Interface agreements signed with each customer and supplier: who does which activity, which work products are exchanged and who to contact about vulnerabilities.^A
- Threat Analysis & Risk Assessment (TARA): maturity 0.3, Outlined. Interface agreements signed with each customer and supplier: who does which activity, which work products are exchanged and who to contact about vulnerabilities.
Item definition, concept and architecture^A
- Cybersecurity Management System & Organisation: maturity 0.0, Planned. Secure development process and the item definition template set in the CSMS, and the architecture lead for the project named; no item defined yet.
- Item Definition, Cybersecurity Plan & Interface Agreements: maturity 0.3, Outlined. Item defined and reviewed: function, boundary, interfaces, operational environment and assumptions; nothing checked against the TARA yet.
- Threat Analysis & Risk Assessment (TARA): maturity 0.5, Analysed. Item definition checked against the assets and damage scenarios of the TARA, then cybersecurity goals, claims and the concept written and approved against the risks to be reduced.
Threat analysis and risk assessment^A
- Cybersecurity Management System & Organisation: maturity 0.0, Planned. Risk management process set in the CSMS: the TARA method, the impact and feasibility rating scales and the risk acceptance rules; no item analysed yet.
- Item Definition, Cybersecurity Plan & Interface Agreements: maturity 0.3, Outlined. Assets and the item boundary outlined with the item definition, and the method and rating scales tailored for the item; no threats analysed yet.
- Threat Analysis & Risk Assessment (TARA): maturity 0.5, Analysed. Damage scenarios, threat scenarios and attack paths analysed and rated, risk values determined and a treatment decision recorded for every risk; the TARA is baselined.; TARA baseline (milestone for one item)
Hardware security and chip suppliers^A
- Threat Analysis & Risk Assessment (TARA): maturity 0.0, Planned. Hardware security lead named, and the protections the chips can offer, such as a security module, key storage and debug protection, listed for the TARA's treatment decisions; no needs set yet.
Software security^D
- Threat Analysis & Risk Assessment (TARA): maturity 0.0, Planned. Software security lead named, and the security software to reuse or build, such as secure boot, cryptographic services and secure communication, listed with an effort estimate; no needs set yet.
Integration verification and testing^A
- Threat Analysis & Risk Assessment (TARA): maturity 0.0, Planned. Verification lead named, and the benches, fuzzing and scanning tools the item's interfaces will need estimated; no strategy yet.
Validation and penetration testing^A
- Threat Analysis & Risk Assessment (TARA): maturity 0.0, Planned. Validation lead named, and the penetration test effort, skills and any outside test house estimated from the attack paths emerging in the TARA; no validation approach yet.
Type approval and homologation^A
- Cybersecurity Management System & Organisation: maturity 0.0, Planned. CSMS compliance evidence prepared and the approval route agreed: which authority, technical service or customer judges the item.
- Item Definition, Cybersecurity Plan & Interface Agreements: maturity 0.0, Planned. CSMS compliance evidence prepared and the approval route agreed: which authority, technical service or customer judges the item.
- Threat Analysis & Risk Assessment (TARA): maturity 0.3, Outlined. Type approval strategy outlined with the technical service or customer: documentation structure, evidence list and timing.
Software update management^A
- Threat Analysis & Risk Assessment (TARA): maturity 0.0, Planned. Update management lead named and the existing update system the item would use identified, with the update path given to the TARA as an asset; no update needs set yet.

Register or sign in to read on

The full lifecycle detail, with its charts, flows, tables and every section, is for registered members. Registration is free and takes a minute. You come back to this page afterwards.