“OrangeBox is a single, security enhanced, modular development platform that provides a unified interface between the vehicle’s gateway and its wired and wireless technologies,” according to the company. “By doing so, it provides a means for next-generation cars to securely communicate with the world around them.”
It argues that distributing links for functions as diverse as infotainment and safety throughout a vehicle’s architecture expands its cyber-attack surface as well as creating complexity. And contrasts: “OrangeBox unifies these current and emerging external wireless interfaces into a single, domain controller, which then connects to the secure vehicle gateway through high-speed Ethernet.
