A new case study by Harvard Business School asserts that U.S. politicians have rigged the system to such a degree that the U.S. is becoming a failed democracy. The authors of the case-study use the word ‘hijacked’ to describe what the political parties have done to governance in the United States.
Michael Bunzel (aka maschasan) is a lawyer and engineer currently based in Germany. For over 25 years he has worked at the intersection of cybersecurity and the laws and regulations that govern it.
For more than fifteen of those years, Mike has held various roles in Information Security, Cybersecurity and SCADA/shopfloor security at a German car manufacturer - today in its R&D division, with a focus on E/E systems and automotive cybersecurity regulation across different markets (UN, EU, China, Korea, India, the US and others).
He has worked with global organizations across dozens of countries, cultures and languages, and is well-travelled across EMEIA, APAC and the Americas.
The articles on this blog do not reflect the views of his employer; they are his personal opinions alone.
… über die Empörung, dass die chinesische Executive Order No. 834 ausgerechnet das US-ICTS-Mapping in der Automotive Supply Chain erschwert. Wie kann man nur so undankbar sein. Da gibt sich die freie Welt redliche Mühe, die globale Lieferkette endlich sauber nach Herkunftsländern zu sortieren, und was macht Peking? Es macht es schwer. Einfach so. General Motors hatte seinen Zulieferern...
… oder wie der ZDK aus einem VDA-Positionspapier einen digitalen Aftermarket-Horrorfilm macht. Der Zentralverband Deutsches Kraftfahrzeuggewerbe hat eine Pressemitteilung veröffentlicht, die ungefähr so klingt, als würden deutsche Hersteller planen, nach zehn Jahren kollektiv den Stecker aus Millionen Fahrzeugen zu ziehen, während freie Werkstätten machtlos danebenstehen und der...
In its regulatory frenzy, the European Commission has once again found itself a new patch of turf to conquer: connected and automated vehicles. Because apparently a sector already covered by type-approval law, dedicated cyber rules, software update rules, data protection law, artificial intelligence law and assorted compliance machinery was still looking a bit too relaxed. So now the idea is to...
English version: The after-effects of the CSMS certification required for market access in Korea, based on UN R155, are multifaceted. They do not play out in isolation within individual OEMs; they have also become a topic in the discussions around amending a free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union and Korea. How are the two connected? From the perspective of the OEMs that, over...
By Michael Bunzel
26. September 2018