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Software, Cybersecurity & Digital Systems

Digital compliance ensures secure development, configuration control, vulnerability management, and update governance (including OTA). Evidence links software versions and cybersecurity controls to safety, privacy, and operational integrity across the vehicle lifecycle.

Programs require documented software development lifecycles, risk assessments, penetration testing, secure boot, encryption, key management, and incident response. Update processes must preserve approved configurations and ensure compatibility across ECUs and diagnostics.

IAF helps manufacturers and suppliers formalize digital governance, align controls with regulatory frameworks, and compile authority-ready evidence for software release and maintenance.

Understanding Digital Compliance

Cybersecurity and software approval evidence spans governance, technical controls, testing, and release processes. End-to-end traceability is key: from requirements and threat models to binaries and field monitoring.

Governance & Secure SDLC

Policies, roles, and secure development lifecycle with code review, SBOMs, and release gates.

Threat Modeling & Pen Testing

Threat analyses, fuzzing, penetration tests, secure boot validation, and crypto/key management.

Updates, OTA & Config Control

Signed updates, rollback, staged rollout, fleet analytics, and preservation of approved baselines.

Privacy, Logging & Response

Data minimization, consent/HMI transparency, event logging, and vulnerability/incident response.

How IAF Supports Digital Compliance

IAF aligns governance, controls, and evidence to deliver clear, reviewable digital compliance files.

Framework Mapping & Playbooks

Map requirements to your SDLC, create playbooks, and define release gates with auditable checkpoints.

Security Testing & Lab Access

Independent pen tests, fuzzing, and crypto validation through accredited partners and labs.

Documentation & Evidence Trails

Requirements, test results, SBOMs, release notes, and incident records in authority-ready format.

Lifecycle & Vulnerability Handling

PSIRT processes, CVE tracking, coordinated disclosure, and secure OTA with rollback policies.

Operationalize Secure Software & OTA

Institutionalize secure SDLC, validate controls, and submit clean digital compliance files with IAF.

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