Assurances Automobiles et Revenus Financiers

Technical Enforcement of Informational Assurances

Dealing with informational assurances we have to consider the full complexity of the information society. In a norrower sense informational assurances comprise informational rights, the related legal and social rules as well as the enforcing technical mechanisms. The right of privacy, understood as informational self-determination, is taken as an important example. Starting from a discussion of...

Assurances of Objectivity

Méthode d’optimisation de l’architecture des systèmes automobiles dirigée par le coût et la Sûreté de Fonctionnement

Safety critical and safety related systems are present, today, almost in every car. They ensure different functionalities such as braking, steering and airbag deployment etc... The failure of these systems could lead to hazardous situations. To ensure that the risk in these systems is reduced to an acceptable level, the automotive industry refers to ISO-26262. It is the functional safety standa...

Cooperative Automation in Automobiles

Digital Signatures for Automobiles?!

Identifying and tracking vehicles is of major importance for today’s logistics. The common non-electronic solutions are both easy to forge and difficult to use over distances. Combining the successful technologies of digital signatures and the Global Positioning System allows the secure identification of any car and checking its location. Both types of information can improve the fleet manageme...