SAN MATEO, California., July 15, 2021 / PRNewswire / – PrimeKey, a leader in open source identity and digital signing solutions, announced today that it will sponsor Hansen Motorsport during the 2021 rallycross season to increase visibility and leadership in the public Improve key identity (PKI) technology for electric vehicles (EVs)). PKI technology enables automobile manufacturers to establish trustworthy signatures, encryptions and identities between a driver and the vehicle systems. PrimeKey’s PKI technology is currently installed on over 900,000 electric vehicles; Five of the world’s leading manufacturers of all-electric vehicles use PrimeKey solutions to protect their cars.
PrimeKey on the Hansen Motorsports Peugeot 208WRX
Hansen Motorsport team driver Kevin Hansen and his Peugeot 208 WRX
“Hansen Motorsport is the most successful team in rallycross history. So it is important that we stay at the forefront of technology even after our rallycross cars are fully electric in 2022, ”said Kenneth Hansen, Team boss, Hansen Motorsport. “We understand the importance of cybersecurity and trustworthy digital signatures so we can ensure that our EVs and drivers’ information is safe.”
As more automakers move to all-electric vehicles, new safety concerns will inevitably arise. The next generation of electric vehicles on the road will include greater digital interoperability between all car parts, as well as increased use of personal data, including biometric data. PrimeKey is used by leading electric vehicle manufacturers to identify factory certifications, vehicle production certificates and charging stations. It also provides code signing for secure OTA software and security updates.
“Manufacturers of electric vehicles need the ability to easily track the entire life cycle of a vehicle from manufacturer to transport to use and to provide their vehicles with new software versions and patches over the entire life cycle of the vehicle,” said Harry Haramis, GM at PrimeKey. “The sponsorship of the Hansen Motorsports rallycross team will help increase the importance of PKI for electric vehicles. What is applied on the racetrack from a technological point of view is often carried over to mainstream auto production and our goal is to ensure that every electric vehicle manufacturer secures every important point “of their ecosystem.”
About PrimeKey
PrimeKey is a Swedish company with offices in Stockholm, Sweden, Saint Matthew, United States, Aachen, Germany and Melbourne, Australia. The products EJBCA Enterprise, SignServer Enterprise and SEE from PrimeKey are used in all industries in which IT security and integrity are paramount. The products can be deployed as software or hardware appliances, on public cloud services such as AWS and Azure, or a combination of these. All products are Common Criteria and FIPS certified. The company’s customers include numerous leading companies and institutions from the IT, telecommunications, industry, finance and public sectors. Please visit https://www.primekey.com/ for more information.
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