DETROIT—VicOne, a developer of automotive cybersecurity products and services, announced that UD Trucks has selected the xNexus vehicle security operations center platform to take advantage of contextualized security risk insights.

UD Trucks is a Japanese commercial vehicle solutions provider active in more than 60 countries, and part of Isuzu Group, one of the world’s top 10 truck manufacturers. The VicOne solution helps UD Trucks identify risks earlier, and better meet its regulatory requirements, such as compliance with United Nations Regulation No. 155 (UN R155):

  • Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regards to cyber security and cyber security management system
  • Requiring the presence of a cybersecurity management system in vehicles, and ensuring that cybersecurity practices and measures are adequately applied across the development process and lifecycle of vehicles

“VicOne’s solution delivers the exclusive contextualized insights that we need—accurate and actionable,” said Ryota Kawano, manager of enterprise risk management cybersecurity at UD Trucks. “We hope that xNexus will empower us to identify unknown risks early and provide our design teams with precise recommendations. VicOne’s uniquely flexible and cost-effective solution strengthens our product security, giving us the confidence to keep innovating. Unlike other vendors with overly complicated and inflexible luxury offerings, VicOne crafts customized strategies that enhance our economic viability and integrate seamlessly with our existing operations. Plus, we have been very satisfied with the local service that VicOne provides.”

According to the IEA’s Global EV Outlook 2024 report, sales of electric trucks increased 35% in 2023 compared to 2022. In Europe and the United States, electric truck sales increased almost threefold in 2023.

VicOne’s xNexus leverages a unique large language modeling approach to continually provide UD Trucks’ product security incident response team with actionable and contextualized attack intelligence. VicOne’s industry-leading artificial intelligence and curated insights accelerate UD Trucks’ threat investigations, fuel more confident and effective response to attacks and slash the burden of chasing inexplicable false alarms.

“Without incorporating our contextualized security insights into its PSIRT process, UD Trucks might struggle to distinguish between malicious attacks and technical malfunctions, leading to delays in identifying and fixing problems and hindering product quality,” said VicOne CEO Max Cheng. “The early and continuous security risk detection enabled by xNexus helps UD Trucks stay ahead of the curve and seamlessly integrate threat insights into its product development cycle to ensure unrelenting quality improvement. As UD Trucks’ vehicle architecture evolves and new usage scenarios emerge, our automated processes will ensure that the xNexus VSOC platform remains adaptable to the company’s latest developments and requirements.”

To learn more about xNexus, please visit https://www.vicone.com/products/xnexus.

As a Trend Micro subsidiary, VicOne is powered by a solid foundation in cybersecurity drawn from Trend Micro’s 30+ years in the industry, delivering unparalleled automotive protection and deep security insights that enable our customers to build secure as well as smart vehicles. For more information, visit vicone.com.