NHTSA looks to finalize cybersecurity guidelines for all vehicles in 2018

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is aiming to issue final guidelines on cybersecurity in automobiles in 2018, a NHTSA official said Wednesday, citing that it will mirror similar guidelines developed by the private sector.

Nat Beuse, the associate administrator for vehicle safety research at NHTSA, said at a K&L Gates law firm event on connected and autonomous vehicles Wednesday, that the regulatory agency has been has been trying to “encourage industry to move things along” on autonomous cybersecurity, and...