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Software becomes central to automotive development
By Ido Benmoshe, Vice President, Product Management and Sales, and Jill Britton, Director of Compliance, Perforce Sooftware
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erforce Soſtware’s annual ‘State of Automotive Soſtware Development’ survey conducted recently suggests a continuing concern for automotive soſtware safety and security, as the automotive vehicle market evolves rapidly.
With the continued growth of autonomous, semi-autonomous,
electric and connected vehicles, soſtware becomes even more central to automotive development. Te increasing amount of soſtware installed in vehicles can lead to more safety and security considerations during the development process. Some 73% of automotive developers have already adopted or are in the process of adopting a strategy to identify soſtware security and safety vulnerabilities as early as possible. Like all other industry segments, automotive soſtware
development has been affected by the post-pandemic conditions that have also led to a remote/hybrid workforce, the current state of the global economy and related conditions of inflation, chip shortages, supply chain challenges, and more. As a result, automotive companies continue to be concerned about their industry competitiveness and maximising existing resources and talent.
Top three concerns In addition to safety (30%) and security (27%), the survey also found that automotive developers continue to be concerned about quality (26%). Of those most concerned with safety, 47% said their biggest concerns are the difficulties and time required to fulfill every ISO 26262 requirement. Safety continues to be the automotive soſtware industry’s
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key priority, but security concerns continue to rise as the need grows to protect automotive electronic systems, communication networks and soſtware. OEMs and their supply-chain partners want to prevent costly and malicious attacks, unauthorised access, or manipulation of automotive systems, and ensuring their code is secure is the first step to mitigating those incidents. Te development of autonomous, semi-autonomous, electric
and connected vehicles is also greatly impacting design teams, and most are already working on autonomous and semi- autonomous parts and components (80%), electric components (90%) and connectivity systems (86%).
Analysis tools Another notable finding of the survey was that 85% of development teams use a coding standard to ensure safe, secure and reliable code – with 42% of those surveyed using a static code analysis tool to help with compliance, and 32% using a SAST (static application security testing) tool to ensure secure soſtware. Organisations across the automotive industry continue to
work toward meeting the highest levels of quality. With the rapid growth of the electric and autonomous vehicle segments, compliance with safety and security standards will be more important than ever. Te survey was conducted by Perforce in partnership with
the global automotive community Automotive IQ. Around 400 automotive development professionals provided responses to current practices and emerging trends within the automotive industry.
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