AutoCHERI project validates new approach to automotive cybersecurity

London, UK, 16th September 2024 — The AutoCHERI consortium (Beam Connectivity, Applus+ IDIADA, Swansea University, University of Exeter, and the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult) led by Beam Connectivity is proud to announce the successful completion of the AutoCHERI project.

Beam Connectivity and EVMI Solutions Unveil Partnership to Transform Last-Mile Delivery with Cutting-Edge Connectivity Solutions

Cirencester, 14/12/2023 — In a new collaboration, Beam Connectivity and EVMI Solutions have joined forces to revolutionise urban logistics using cutting-edge and highly secure vehicle connectivity.

Beam Connectivity wins Self-Driving Industry Award for Innovation in V2X Technology

Cirencester, UK, 20.11.2023 — Beam Connectivity has been honoured with the prestigious Self-Driving Industry Vehicle-to-Anything (V2X) Award. This marks a major milestone as the company’s maiden triumph in the competition, recognising their pioneering contributions to connected vehicle systems and innovations in V2X technology.

Mitigating vulnerabilities in open source with CHERI part 1: cURL

cURL is a completely ubiquitous tool used for making network requests over every protocol you have heard of, including: HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, DICT, FTP, Kerberos, LDAP, MQTT, POP3, FTPS, Gopher, RTSP, RTMP, SCP, SMTP, SMB, SFTP, Telnet, TFTP, LDAPS, proxies, and more.

Demonstration of AutoCHERI project — Cenex-LCV

Beam Connectivity and the AutoCHERI consortium will be demonstrating a connected vehicle solution running on CHERI security processor at Cenex-LCV on 6th and 7th September.

Project announcement: SecureTCU

Beam Connectivity are delighted to have won funding under the UK-South Korea Bilateral Phase 2 competition. We have built a strong project consortium with Secure Elements in the UK, AUTOCRYPT and KATECH (Korea Automotive Technology Institute) in South Korea.

Overview of MOVE 2023

An interesting and honest overview of our journey to date from our CEO Thomas Sors, kicked off our MOVE 2023 visit.

WAE make strategic investment in Beam

We are pleased to announce strategic investment into Beam Connectivity from WAE Technologies! 🎉

AutoCHERI🍒: Integrating Morello into vehicle systems

Following on from our last public update on AutoCHERI in October, we wanted to run a workshop to share our experience working on Morello with the community working on DSbD technologies.

MQTT Explorer: Our favourite test client

Using the AWS IoT Core test console UI can be a pain at times. The connection can sometimes be lost, and if you [leave the page | look away | sneeze] you can be logged out and lose the message payloads you were working with and any unsaved topic subscriptions.

Monitor Anywhere with OxTS and Beam Connectivity

At Beam Connectivity, our vision is to become the partner of choice for connected systems in the vehicle sector.

Measuring the performance-security trade-off

Last week we were invited to present at the AESIN Conference 2022 — the UK automotive industry suppliers’ innovation network.

Project AutoCHERI🍒: Technical update

The Digital Security By Design programme (DSbD) is an initiative that we have been involved in for the past 18 months.

Beam announced as winners on Zenzic CAM Scale-up programme

We are delighted that Beam Connectivity have been recognised as an SME to watch and have won a place on the Zenzic CAM Scale-up programme 🚀

Onboarding with Convex, the Global Mobility Data Exchange

Beam Connectivity onboard CVaaS onto Convex, the global mobility data exchange run by Chordant.

Connected vehicle UX expectations

I recently sat down with Zenzic, the driving force behind the UK’s Connected and Autonomous Vehicle industry, to discuss today’s connected vehicle solutions and our progression through the Zenzic CAM Scale-Up programme.

Update: CAM Scale-Up programme

Last week I sat down with Zenzic, the driving force behind the UK’s Connected and Autonomous Vehicle industry, to discuss our progression through the Zenzic CAM Scale-Up programme.

Join us at Highways UK 2021

We will be at Highways UK this week — an event that brings together the people responsible for planning, developing, managing, maintaining, and future-proofing the nation’s roads networks.

MOVE21 — The world’s most important mobility event

We are at MOVE21 in London’s ExCel Docklands exhibition centre along with 3000 of the world’s leading experts in the mobility sector.

Project AutoCHERI🍒: Announcement

The AutoCHERI consortium including Beam Connectivity, Applus IDIADA, Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult, Coventry University and University of Exeter will review how Digital Security by Design technologies can improve the cyber security and safety of connected vehicles.

CAN bus support in Windows 11

When working on automotive software development, being able to test CAN data transmission is essential. An easy way to test this without requiring CAN hardware is to use a Virtual Local CAN Interface (vcan).

Cybersecure connected vehicles with CHERI

On 15th December, the Cabinet Office released a Policy Paper outlining the National Cyber Strategy 2022 (www.gov.uk). 

Does firmware have a place in the modern vehicle?

Firmware is a category of software responsible for configuring and controlling hardware.