Safety, Security, and Reliability: The Automotive Robustness Problem and an Architectural Solution

As we move towards increasingly autonomous vehicles, it is getting increasingly crucial to ensure that they behave safely, securely, and reliably. Automotive robustness refers to the study of synergies and trade-offs between these requirements. In this paper we discuss challenges and practice in two critical components of automotive robustness, functional safety and security. We also discuss the potential application of a flexible architecture for systematically implementing these requirements.