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Stop Chasing Silver Bullets: How to Build a Detection Fabric for API Security

Initially published in Cyber Defense magazine Cybersecurity teams are always on the hunt for silver bullets. But reality tells a totally different story… Discussions around API security often…

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  • Cybersecurity
  • Mobility API Security

Control Plane Under Attack: How a Platform Outage Escalated into Vehicle Access Failure

In late January 2026, a cyber incident hit a Russia-based provider of after-market automotive security, alarm, and remote access capabilities. Within hours, driver communities were…
ZACH LEVI

Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
February 3, 2026
  • Proactive Quality Detection

The Grinch Who Stole X-MIS

2026 After-Sales Quality New Year Resolution: AI-Powered Pre-Claim Detection As the automotive industry closes another year defined by rapid innovation, software maturity, continuous focus on…
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EYAL RAN & ARNON SHAFIR
December 10, 2025
  • Proactive Quality Detection

On Fire, and Not in a Good Way: Predictive Quality Analytics is a Game Changer

Electric and hybrid vehicles are transforming the industry, but they’re also introducing new quality and safety challenges. As automakers push toward electrification, the complexity of…
ARNON SHAFIR & CRAIG HISSONG
November 20, 2025
  • AI in Mobilty
  • Proactive Quality Detection

When Cars’ Data Complains Before Drivers Do: The AI Shift from Reactive to Proactive Investigations of Vehicle Quality

Automakers are waking up to a new reality: proactive pre-claim quality detection, powered by continuous monitoring and advanced AI Automotive after-sales has traditionally operated in…
YOAV LEVY

CEO and Co-founder
November 17, 2025
  • Connected Vehicle
  • Cybersecurity

Protecting the Cyber-Physical Spectrum of the Commercial Vehicle Ecosystem

In the past decade, the commercial vehicle ecosystem has transformed from a mechanical network into a hyperconnected digital organism. Trucks talk to dispatch centers. Trailers…
ELAD ROBB

Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence
November 12, 2025
  • AI in Mobilty
  • Connected Vehicle
  • Cybersecurity

When You Can Finally Talk With Your Vehicle Data: LLMs in Automotive

AI has moved from proof-of-concept to boardroom priority across the automotive sector. Every OEM today is investing in ways to make smarter decisions from the…
LARA DOEL

Strategic Product Marketing
November 5, 2025
  • AI in Mobilty
  • Connected Vehicle
  • Cybersecurity

The Next Generation of Ontology: Using Live Digital Twins to Drive Automotive AI Adoption

For years, the automotive industry has invested heavily in connecting vehicles, building data pipelines, and defining architectures to make sense of it all. Yet, despite…
YONATAN APPEL

CTO & Co-Founder
October 29, 2025
  • Connected Vehicle
  • Cybersecurity
  • Mobility API Security

Fifty Robotaxis, One Dead End: A Real-World Stress Test for Mobility API Resilience

  In October 2025, a software engineer decided to test the limits of a driverless fleet system by turning it into the subject of a…
JENNIFER TISDALE

Senior Director - Strategic Engagements, North America
October 23, 2025
  • Connected Vehicle
  • Cybersecurity
  • Mobility API Security

When API Security Fails, Mobility Breaks: Lessons from 2025’s Cyber Incidents

With just over three months left in 2025, one thing is already clear. One of the weakest links in connected mobility is APIs. Oversights that…
LARA DOEL

Strategic Product Marketing
October 8, 2025