Challenge

Regulatory pressure continues to intensify. Emerging and mandatory frameworks require demonstrable controls around:

• Secure device authentication

• Software and firmware integrity

• Controlled key generation and distribution

• Lifecycle traceability and auditability

• Supply chain cybersecurity governance

Many OEMs today face:

• Fragmented PKI and key management processes

• Manual key handling during pre-production and manufacturing

• Limited visibility across VIN, ECU, and supplier key ownership

• Inconsistent certificate provisioning

• Gaps in audit logging and compliance reporting

• Scalability challenges across global production environments

Without centralized automation and lifecycle governance, OEMs increase operational risk, compliance exposure, and vulnerability to identity-based attacks.

Solution

Modern connected devices’ and components’ cybersecurity must be identity-first, automated, and lifecycle-driven.

Every ECU, TCU, backend system, and supplier endpoint must have a trusted cryptographic identity — established, provisioned, managed, rotated, and retired securely across the entire lifecycle.

Device Authority’s KeyScaler platform enables OEMs to:

• Establish secure PKI management for connected devices

• Automate certificate signing and provisioning

• Enable mutual TLS authentication between vehicle and backend systems

• Securely generate, store, distribute, and audit cryptographic keys

• Maintain full lifecycle visibility across production and post-production environments

This ensures that only authenticated and authorized devices communicate across critical networks.