Modern vehicles are becoming highly connected, generating and storing large amounts of sensitive data. Ensuring secure and privacy-aware access to this data is essential for protecting users, preventing unauthorized access, and maintaining long-term security as vehicles change ownership or age.
This thesis will explore authentication and authorization methods used to control access to in-vehicle data, both for users inside the vehicle and for external stakeholders like service providers. The research will also examine how access control can be maintained over a vehicle's lifetime, including ownership changes and end-of-life data protection.
Student Target Groups:
- Students of ICE/Telematics;
- Students of Computer Science;
- Students of Software Engineering.
Thesis Type:
- Bachelor Thesis / Master Project / Master Thesis
Goal and Tasks:
The goal of this thesis is to investigate how in-vehicle data can be securely accessed while ensuring user privacy. This includes analyzing existing authentication methods, secure data storage techniques, and long-term security challenges. Additionally, the research will focus on wireless network security, specifically detecting and fingerprinting WiFi and Bluetooth devices in the vehicle’s environment.
- Review authentication and authorization methods for accessing in-vehicle data;
- Investigate secure storage and encryption techniques for protecting sensitive data;
- Explore access control methods for external stakeholders (e.g., service providers, authorities);
- Develop a tool to detect and fingerprint WiFi and Bluetooth devices in or near the vehicle;
- Analyze challenges in maintaining security over a vehicle’s lifetime, including ownership changes and data deletion;
- Summarize findings in a written thesis and present the results in an oral defense.
Recommended Prior Knowledge:
- Programming skills in C, C++;
- Prior experience with network architectures;
- Interest in the topic.
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