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OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, will host a free V2X virtual security testing sessions for C-V2X equipment manufacturers during the month of March.

This event is designed to help participating testing teams ensure their equipment is compliant with industry security standards and is interoperable. This testing will help teams to prepare for more extensive V2X security testing at the OmniAir Florida Plugfest in May.

This virtual V2X security testing sessions will take place beginning March 17th through the end of the month. Participating teams will be able to schedule confidential, one-on-one testing sessions with leading SCMS/PKI security providers and cybersecurity experts from around the world, including:

AUTOCRYPT, INTEGRITY Security Services, Microsec, and SaesolTech

The event will focus on managing the enrollment of security certificates for the Security Credentialing Management System (SCMS) by implementing the IEEE 1609.2.1 Std. TM for On-Board Units (OBU), Roadside Units (RSU), modules, and those running applications for connected vehicle safety messages. 

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What is the Security Credential Management System?

The Security Credential Management System (SCMS) is a unique security infrastructure that enables multiple vendors to operate in a safety-critical environment.  Unlike conventional PKI systems that only support peer-to-peer connections, the SCMS architecture allows multiple devices from different vendors to exchange authenticated messages while preserving the privacy of vehicle owners.

How do vendors interface with the SCMS?

The standard interface devices use to communicate with the SCMS providers are defined by IEEE 1609.2.1, standard, published in 2022.  The OmniAir test suite provides a consistent set of validation tests that confirm interoperability and compliance with this standard.  Connected vehicle infrastructure operators can be confident that OmniAir Certified® devices can be successfully deployed with a compliant SCMS provider.  

What is 1609.2.1?

It contains certificate management protocols that support the provisioning and management of digital certificates, as specified in IEEE Std 1609.2 TM.  It ensures the end entities that devices use digital certificates to authorize application activities.

What Happens During a Test Session?

Participating vendors will have the opportunity for one-on-one test sessions with SCMS providers to help ensure readiness for certification and deployment.  The private testing session is designed to familiarize vendors with relevant standards and OmniAir security test cases.

Participating vendors will learn from SCMS providers how to:  

  • Remotely accessing and loading test certificates.
  • Enroll and authorize by the SCMS provider.
  • Participants can also run through a select series of OmniAir’s security-focused 764b test specifications.
  • Prepare your device for OmniAir certification.

The testing event will allow participants time between testing with each SCMS service provider to make any adjustments required to progress through the test process.

This process accurately emulated real-world security interactions between connected vehicles and security portals.  For those passing through multiple security interactions, provides device manufacturers confidence that they are ready for OmniAir Certification and that they can deploy a secure OBU or RSU.

As with OmniAir Plugfests, only anonymized, aggregated test results will be published.

About OmniAir Consortium  

 OmniAir Consortium is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles.  Our members include public agencies, private companies, research institutions and independent test laboratories.  OmniAir offers independent, third-party testing and certification through a network of accredited test laboratories, using qualified test systems, and validated test cases. www.omniair.org.

 

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OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, has published new security test cases for compliance with the IEEE 1609.2.1 standard. 

The OmniAir Certification test plan has been updated and includes 10 mandatory and 50 optional test cases to be used in certification testing of C-V2X on-board units (OBUs) and roadside units (RSUs).  OmniAir Members can access the published 764b-OA-TSS&TP-160921 document in the Members Only Portal.

The IEEE 1609.2.1 standard defines an interoperable and consistent way authorized devices interact with Security Credential Management System (SCMS) service providers. OmniAir® supports implementation of the 1609.2.1 standard to promote device security and to facilitate SCMS interoperability.

To assure interoperability, OmniAir has defined a set of test cases that can be used to evaluate an implementation of the 1609.2.1 certificate interface protocol. These new test cases are the latest additions to OmniAir’s full-stack certification program for cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) radios. 

“OmniAir and our members are committed to supporting interoperable and secure V2X equipment for deployment,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir. “Mandating these new security tests as part of the OmniAir Certification program will help to ensure the availability of trusted connected vehicle and infrastructure technologies.”

OmniAir’s test plan supports the SCMS Manager public profile for 1609.2.1, which defines a subset of the protocol options required for device interoperability in North America.  This trust by ensuring that all certified devices can interoperate with multiple certificate providers and receive critical Certificate Revocation List (CRL) and Certificate Trust List (CTL) updates to maintain regional interoperability.

The Federal Highway Administration’s recent $40 million Notice of Funding Opportunity for Accelerating V2X Deployment requires compliance with the 1609.2.1 standard, as a path to security credential management system (SCMS) and compatible devices.

OmniAir will offer 1609.2.1 testing at its upcoming OmniAir Mcity Plugfest in Ann Arbor, MI, supported by multiple SCMS providers from across North America, Europe, and Asia. This testing offers V2X device manufacturers a clear pathway to ensure compliance with the 1609.2.1 standards. 

To learn more about OmniAir’s testing and certification programs and plugfest testing events, please visit our website at www.omniair.org.

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MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, May 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — To mark National Autonomous Vehicle Day, BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:BB) (TSX:BB) today announced that the company has joined the OmniAir Consortium as an executive member to help advance the testing, certification, and deployment of technologies for connected vehicles and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).  BlackBerry successfully demonstrated the interoperability of its V2X certificates at the May 2018 OmniAir MotorCity PlugFest.

“The future of connected vehicles relies on secure communication between vehicles and city infrastructure, other vehicles, and smart devices,” said Jim Alfred, vice president and GM of BlackBerry Certicom. “In order to realize this potential, cars need to talk to one another and to their environment in the same language and with the same protocols to ensure they can trust that communication. The new security credential management system we are announcing today will enhance the security, trustworthiness, and ultimately the safety of V2X communications.”

SCMS – A Secure System to Underpin V2X Communication
V2X communication is the next frontier of connected car capability, allowing for real-time communication between vehicles, road-side equipment, city infrastructure, and smart devices. V2X connectivity provides information to enable safer driving, thereby helping to prevent accidents, reduce congestion and lower emissions through optimized mobility and improved traffic coordination. The success of V2X technology, however, depends on cybersecurity and the trusted verification of each and every message that is sent or received between and among cars and things like traffic lights or road signs. The system must be designed so that hackers cannot harm the public interest by modifying V2X messages in transit from certified devices.

Available in Fall 2018, BlackBerry’s security credential management system (SCMS) will secure the communication of vehicles with each other and with roadside equipment in two ways: digital signatures, which protect messages against manipulation, and certificates, which identify the sender as trustworthy.

BlackBerry’s SCMS will enable OEMs, suppliers, municipal infrastructure makers and roadside equipment manufacturers to implement V2X security protocols in their automotive embedded systems. Connected vehicles and devices will be able to enroll in the SCMS, obtain security certificates from authorized Certificate Authorities and use those certificates to sign V2X messages.

Advancing the Testing, Certification and Deployment of Connected Vehicle Technologies 
The OmniAir Consortium develops testing and certification programs for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) devices as part of its mission to promote a robust, secure communications system for cooperative driving. OmniAir Consortium’s members work together to promote the deployment of secure and interoperable connected vehicle technologies. Members also work cooperatively to address technical challenges and to advance independent, third-party testing and certification.

“We are delighted to have BlackBerry as part of OmniAir and help us progress our efforts to standardize the certification process of V2X devices,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir. “Building and managing a V2X device certification program is critical to creating a secure and interoperable V2X ecosystem and BlackBerry’s deep expertise in operating Certification Authorities for the trusted device space will further strengthen OmniAir’s V2X interoperability program.”

BlackBerry – Leading the Way in Secure and Trusted V2X Communications 
In 2009, BlackBerry acquired Certicom, a specialist in Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) and the inventor of the implicit certificate and butterfly key concepts which are being leveraged in V2X communications. The application of these concepts enables security with efficiency for future connected car and Intelligent Transportation Systems.

BlackBerry Certicom pioneered the use of high-scale public key infrastructure (PKI) solutions for mobile, smart metering and telematics applications, developing technology that has secured hundreds of millions of devices. Its PKI services leverage trusted, reliable, BlackBerry infrastructure to provide global reach and support OEMs, road operators and government stakeholders with a vested interest in assuring the robustness of connected and autonomous cars.

About BlackBerry
BlackBerry is an enterprise software and services company focused on securing and managing IoT endpoints. The company does this with BlackBerry Secure, an end-to-end Enterprise of Things platform, comprised of its enterprise communication and collaboration software and safety-certified embedded solutions. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company was founded in 1984 and operates in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Latin America and Africa. The Company trades under the ticker symbol “BB” on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange. For more information, visit www.BlackBerry.com.

About OmniAir Consortium

OmniAir Consortium is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for Connected Vehicles, ITS, and transportation payment systems.  OmniAir’s membership includes public agencies, private companies, research institutions, and test laboratories.  Learn more about OmniAir at www.omniair.org.

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