STUTTGART, 16.04.2025 - Asvin and DEKRA are intensifying their collaboration in the field of automotive cybersecurity and specifically for the cybersecurity type approval of vehicle types (E/E architectures) through a joint partnership. As part of this partnership, asvin is providing its digital analysis platforms, tools, methods and services for cybersecurity risk management to optimise vehicle type approvals with digital processes.
The type approval of vehicles with new E/E architectures according to the UN ECE R155 regulation is a challenge for manufacturers, approval authorities (in Germany, the Kraftfahrtbundesamt (KBA)) and technical services. One important factor here is the increasing complexity of vehicles due to domain or zone architectures with different software systems and their interactions. This gives vulnerabilities in the cyber security of the software-defined vehicle (SDV) an additional critical dimension: the life and limb of vehicle occupants and other road users.
In addition, the automotive market is characterised by global trends such as electromobility, which makes it highly dynamic. While German and European manufacturers are converting their own production and technology to electromobility, new suppliers – particularly from Asia – are entering the market with new models. However, before new vehicle types can be driven on the roads in this country, manufacturers must undergo the type approval testing process. DEKRA carries out the tests for new vehicle types on behalf of the KBA – the technical term for this is homologation. The agreement also marks the start of a strategic partnership between the two Stuttgart-based companies for joint business development in the field of automotive cybersecurity and homologation.
‘Due to the increasing complexity of software-defined vehicles and new technical requirements such as ADAS, i.e. partially to fully autonomous driving, the complexity of the testing process is also increasing. Intelligent solutions for cybersecurity testing are therefore essential. This is precisely where the cooperation between asvin and DEKRA generates significant added value,’ says Mirko Ross, founder and managing director of asvin GmbH, Stuttgart.
‘With our expertise and solutions in the area of cybersecurity risk analysis, asvin complements DEKRA's range of solutions in the area of homologation for new vehicle types. This not only makes the type testing of complex systems safer, but also more efficient. This is a circumstance from which vehicle manufacturers will also benefit,’ says Gerhard Steininger, VP Sales at asvin.
DEKRA is an independent expert organisation in the field of testing, inspection
and certification, a technical service designated by several European authorities, and a testing laboratory accredited by the German accreditation body DAkkS according to DIN EN ISO 17025. The Stuttgart-based company offers development-related testing services, homologation and quality assurance.
asvin GmbH, also based in Stuttgart, offers innovative solutions in the field of cybersecurity, with a focus on the automotive and IT/OT industries. Using technologies such as graph-based cybersecurity knowledge graphs and predictive analyses, asvin strengthens the resilience of critical infrastructures worldwide.
Press contact: Konrad Buck, k.buck@asvin.io, +49 151 4653 9192
