A module for providing security to an in-vehicle communication network having a bus and at least one node connected to the bus, the module comprising: a memory having software comprising data characterizing messages that the at least one node transmits and receives via the bus during normal operation of the node; a communication port via which the module receives and transmits messages configured to be connected to a portion of the in-vehicle network; and a processor that processes messages received via the port from the portion of the in-vehicle network responsive to the software in the memory to: identify an anomalous message in the received messages indicative of exposure of the in-vehicle network to damage from a cyber attack; and cause the module to transmit at least one signal via the port to the portion of the in-vehicle network that alters the anomalous message so that the at least one node will discard it.
BUS WATCHMAN
2015-07-09
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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