Enhanced DSRC Security

Description: Dedicated short-range communication (DSRC) is becoming an accepted wireless connected mobility standard. However, DSRC development groups report that DSRC protocols, applications and stacks are not mature. Many applications using the DSRC protocol have not been adequately tested and verified. Industry perceives a need for security validation tools for DSRC applications. Researchers at both Clemson and Benedict College have done research on connected mobility applications using DSRC. For this project, they will leverage that experience to develop a new tool that supports the secure design and security testing of DSRC applications. Intellectual Merit: The research team will develop a penetration testing tool that automates the vulnerability discovery process for 802.11p-based DSRC protocols. Broader Impacts: This project will improve cybersecurity for a technology that may play an important role in allowing vehicles to communicate with each other, and with infrastructure, such as traffic signals and roadside unit, in the connected transportation world of the future. Technology Transfer Plan: The research team has an agreement with Kaspersky Labs and the International Transport Innovation Center (ITIC), Greenville, SC to test the concepts it develops in their security labs. The goal is to create and implement penetration testing tools for connected vehicle applications that are easily integrated into their offerings.

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $95850
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747117

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility

  Clemson University
  Clemson, SC  United States  29634

  Clemson University

  110 Lowry Hall
  Box 340911
  Clemson, SC  United States  29634-0911

  Benedict College

  1600 Harden Street
  Columbia, South Carolina  United States  29204
• Managing Organizations:

  Clemson University

  110 Lowry Hall
  Box 340911
  Clemson, SC  United States  29634-0911
• Project Managers:

  Brooks, Richard

• Performing Organizations:

  Clemson University

  110 Lowry Hall
  Box 340911
  Clemson, SC  United States  29634-0911

  Benedict College

  1600 Harden Street
  Columbia, South Carolina  United States  29204
• Principal Investigators:

  Brooks, Richard

  Comert, Gurcan

• Start Date: 20181201
• Expected Completion Date: 20200831
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Connected vehicles; Mobility; Security
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01690744
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747117
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jan 11 2019 2:35PM