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AUTHOR

Dipl.-Ing. Natallia Dziamchuk
Virtual Vehicle Keys is Expert for Safety Research at
AZT Automotive GmbH in Munich
(Germany).
from an Insurance Company’s

Perspective

tion to the cloud very attractive for into account as guidelines in the develop- The AZT requirements are deliberately
hacker attacks. In order to identify the ment of security-critical authorization kept application-neutral in order to not
resulting risks and possible manipula- systems and the design of after-sales ser- restrict the technological development of
tions, the AZT, in cooperation with the vices, thereby increasing their protection the automotive and consumer electronics
Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Informa- against misuse. The insurance industry industries and the implementation of
tion Technology, analyzed the entire vir- can use these requirements to assess the their digital business models. The focus
tual vehicle key (VFS) ecosystem with risks of new products, in the private sec- lies on maintaining the level of anti-theft
the participating entities and formulated tor and in the fleet business. Insurers’ protection as achieved to date.
the requirements for virtual vehicle keys claims settlement benefits from forensic The generic AZT requirements are
from the insurers’ perspective. These requirements. Regulated forensics and based on the technical guidelines of the
requirements should primarily make objective claims handling ultimately German Federal Office for Information
access and driving authorizations secure. serve the interests of the policyholder or Security BSI [1], which defines the basic
Automobile manufacturers can take them consumer. IT security in Germany through neces-

FIGURE 1 Absolute number of insured
permanently disappeared passenger cars
(© AZT)
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