ProSeCA - Demonstrator Showcases End-to-End Automotive Cybersecurity - Full System Demonstration of the ProSeCA Security Architecture
The ProSeCA demonstrator successfully brings the project's cybersecurity vision to life. Developed as a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and Labcar platform, it integrates all major project components into a realistic automotive environment and demonstrates the operation of the complete ProSeCA security chain under real-world conditions.
The demonstrator combines a high-performance controller, an AURIX-based zone controller, TPM-based trust anchors, a hypervisor layer, and a Rust-based operating system into a fully integrated architecture. All security mechanisms developed within the project were implemented, tested, and validated on the target platform.
Key Demonstration Highlights
- Secure Boot providing a trusted system startup process
- TPM-based cryptography and protected key management
- Hardware-accelerated security functions on the AURIX platform
- Hypervisor-based isolation of critical software components
- Secure middleware and operating system communication
- TCP/IP-based networking and secure component communication
- Integration and execution of automotive applications in a protected environment
- End-to-end validation of the complete cybersecurity architecture
One of the most important outcomes of the demonstrator is the successful interaction between all security-relevant components. From trusted system initialization and cryptographic key handling to secure communications and application execution, the entire cybersecurity chain operates as a unified system.
The platform also demonstrates how modern vehicle architectures can combine Trusted Computing technologies, TPM services, hypervisor-based partitioning, and Rust-based software components to achieve both strong security guarantees and the performance requirements of future connected vehicles.
The successful integration and validation activities confirm that the technologies developed within ProSeCA are suitable for deployment in future automotive systems and provide a practical path toward more secure zonal and centralized vehicle architectures.
