Beyond Launch: Managing Cyber Risk Across the Connected Vehicle Lifecycle

Launching a connected vehicle is not the end of the cybersecurity work. In many ways, it is the beginning of a much longer challenge.

Once vehicles enter the field, new vulnerabilities emerge, supplier information changes, software dependencies age, and regulatory expectations continue to evolve. Meanwhile, even when a vulnerability requires action, automotive validation, safety, and deployment requirements can make an immediate patch unrealistic.

Join experts from Critical Software and RunSafe Security for a practical discussion on what it takes to manage cybersecurity risk throughout the connected vehicle lifecycle—beyond development, testing, and initial compliance.

The panel will explore how automotive manufacturers and suppliers can maintain an effective Cybersecurity Management System after launch, reassess risk as new information emerges, coordinate vulnerability response across complex supply chains, and reduce exposure when permanent remediation cannot happen immediately.

In this session, you’ll learn:

How to keep lifecycle cybersecurity processes working after vehicles enter production
What teams need to determine when a new vulnerability affects software already in the field
How to coordinate vulnerability information and response across automotive supply chains
Strategies for managing the gap between vulnerability disclosure and a validated vehicle update
How compensating controls, including runtime protection, can help reduce exposure while permanent fixes are developed
What separates reactive vulnerability response from a mature, repeatable lifecycle cybersecurity program

This webinar is designed for automotive cybersecurity leaders, product security teams, engineering leaders, CSMS owners, system architects, and OEM and supplier teams responsible for managing connected vehicle risk after launch.