The Controller Area Network (CAN) Bus and Security

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-41088-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 108 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 240 mm

Reihe: Synthesis Lectures on Digital Circuits & Systems

This book surveys the history, purpose, and standards for the Controller Area Network (CAN) bus and it describes security vulnerabilities and countermeasures that can be employed to mitigate future cyber attacks. Readers will benefit from the author’s summary of the different standards, which discusses their interconnections and their differences, in a security context.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thornton, Mitchell A.

Manikas, Theodore

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Netzwerk-Hardware
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Eingebettete Systeme
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Bauelemente, Schaltkreise

Inhaltsverzeichnis

troduction to the Controller Area Network.- Families of CAN Standards and Specifications.- Cyber vulnerabilities and attacks to CAN-based Systems.- CAN-based System Cyber Security.- Future Directions for CAN-based Systems.

Über Autor(innen)

Mitchell A. (Mitch) Thornton is currently the Cecil H. Green Chair of Engineering and Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He also serves as the Executive Director of the Darwin Deason Institute for Cyber Security, a research unit at SMU. His prior industrial experience includes employment at Amoco Research Center, E-Systems, Inc (now L3Harris Communications, Inc.), and the Cyrix Corporation where he held a variety of engineering positions. His research areas include cyber security, applications of data science, signal processing and sensor-based systems in security, autonomous systems, and quantum informatics. He is an author or co-author of over 300 technical articles and five books and a named inventor on more than 20 patents and patents pending. He has performed sponsored research for several different government agencies and industrial organizations. He is a licensed professional engineer and he holds a general radiotelephone operator license with radar endorsement from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. He received the PhD in computer engineering from SMU, MS in computer science from SMU, MS in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington, and BS in electrical engineering from Oklahoma State University.