smartnuts … the world on the cabaret-style dissecting table

AuthorMichael Bunzel

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.

Global CSMS Certifications — The After-Effects of Korea

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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...

Geopolitical Risks in Automotive Security

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English Version: Connected vehicles are a near-perfect illustration of how readily Europe can default to a familiar policy pattern: define technical minimum standards, mandate processes, audit artefacts, and assume that “cybersecurity” has thereby been dealt with. In the automotive context, this approach is well institutionalised in Europe, above all through UN Regulation No. 155, with its CSMS...

EU-Roadworthiness-Reform: Die politische Instrumentalisierung von PTI und RSI

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Mit der Reform des europäischen Roadworthiness Package wird ein altes Prüfregime in eine neue Welt gezwungen. Periodische technische Inspektionen (PTI) und Roadside Inspections (RSI) sollen nicht mehr nur mechanische Zustände, sichtbare Mängel und klassische OBD-Artefakte abklopfen, sondern zunehmend das prüfen, was moderne Fahrzeuge tatsächlich steuert: elektronische Sicherheitssysteme. In...

Chloe Mayo from Synquery on knowledge harvesting

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Hey Chloe Mayo, Head of Strategy & Ops at Synquery, I assumed that ignoring your repeated “Strategic Consulting Opportunity” emails to my private account would be a sufficiently clear signal to anyone with even modest social and cognitive skills: I have zero interest in engaging with you or your company. Since that message apparently didn’t make it from your inbox to basic inference, here it...

China reguliert KI – und ein Deutsches Presseerzeugnis orchestriert den Diskurs darüber …

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Nun – vielleicht ist die Headline tatsächlich ein wenig dick aufgetragen – Heise.de, das besagte Presseerzeugnis, orchestriert nicht wirklich den Diskurs über eine nationale chinesische Regulierung von AI-Diensten in der deutschen Medienlandschaft. Vielmehr hat sich der Autor Daniel AJ Sokolov des Beitrags „China: LLMs müssen sich outen“ an ein Thema herangewagt, welches (nicht nur)...

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