How Can Your Organization Protect Connected Automotive Manufacturing?

Automotive CPS security involves protecting the interconnected physical infrastructure, automated machinery, and smart network loops that orchestrate modern vehicle manufacturing. This goes beyond standard IT security to safeguard heavy stamping presses, massive Body-in-White (BIW) welding robot fleets, automated paint shop climate controls, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), and the factory stations that flash software onto vehicle Electronic Control Units (ECUs).

Modern automotive manufacturing relies on an extreme intolerance for downtime and a hyper-synchronized Just-in-Time (JIT) production model. Halting a main moving assembly line due to a ransomware infection or a compromised PLC can instantly freeze production, costing your organization upwards of $1 million per hour. Furthermore, a subtle attack that alters operational configurations could introduce hidden safety defects into brakes, airbags, or welds — resulting in devastating quality escapes, life-threatening failures, and massive product recalls.

Claroty utilizes Dynamic Discovery, enabling automotive operators to leverage completely safe active querying and seamless integrations with existing network infrastructure. This advanced, hardware-free deployment methodology eliminates the need to ship physical appliances or schedule intrusive, highly expensive plant maintenance windows. Your organization can achieve total, day-one visibility across newly built or acquired EV production facilities within hours.

Yes. Forcing capital-intensive equipment overhauls or pausing production lines to patch firmware severely drains automotive margins and OEE. Claroty shifts the paradigm to physical Exposure Management. The platform automatically maps device behavior, profiles vulnerabilities, and wraps legacy machinery with precise network micro-segmentation and continuous behavioral monitoring — neutralizing threats and isolating aging hardware without a single second of operational downtime.

While regulations like UNECE WP.29 (R155) and ISO/SAE 21434 heavily target vehicle cybersecurity, they legally require automakers to prove that their development and manufacturing plant environments are securely managed before a vehicle can be certified for sale. Similarly, TISAX compliance is an absolute prerequisite for doing business within major automotive supply networks. Claroty automatically maps plant-floor OT, IoT, and industrial assets directly to these global frameworks, instantly generating audit-ready technical proof packs to streamline compliance and protect global market access.