Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Is Biggest Risk of Autonomous Cars, Survey Finds
- Corporate risk managers evaluated risk of self-driving cars
- Reinsurer Munich Re surveyed concerns in advance of wider use
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Cybersecurity is the biggest concern for companies evaluating risk in the nascent self-driving vehicle industry, according to a survey conducted by Munich Re.
The world’s second-biggest reinsurer found that 55 percent of corporate risk managers surveyed named cybersecurity as their top concern about self-driving cars. Cybersecurity included the potential hacking of an automated car’s data systems as well as the failure of smart road infrastructure, Munich Re said in an e-mail.