Behavior and Kinetic Impact Define the New AI Security Paradigm
For decades, enterprise cybersecurity has been obsessed with lines in the sand. We built walls around networks, drew perimeters around systems, and gated access to the IT stack. We convinced ourselves that if we knew where an asset lived and who was allowed to touch it, we could secure it. That era is officially over. The rise of autonomous, agentic…
Yonatan Appel
CTO & Co-Founder
The Upstream Blog
- MobilityAI Community
MobilityAI is Here and Gaining Momentum
On the evening of March 17, 2026, nearly 60 people gathered at Ann Arbor SPARK for something that hadn’t existed before: the inaugural meetup of…
Jennifer Tisdale
Senior Director - Strategic Engagements, North America
- Cybersecurity
- Threat Intelligence
The After-market Achilles’ Heel: Recent Shutdowns Highlight Ecosystem-Wide Cyber Risks
In mid-March 2026, a US provider of ignition interlock devices (IIDs) reported a major cybersecurity incident that disabled approximately 150,000 devices across 46 states for…
Yaniv Maimon & Elad Robb
- Connected Vehicle
- Cybersecurity
- Physical AI
Eliminating the Automotive Data Blind Spot: Upstream Integrates with Splunk
Unifying Automotive and Physical AI XDR for the Modern SOC As the mobility and physical AI ecosystem expands, cybersecurity experts and SOC analysts face a…
Craig Ginsberg
- Compliance
- Connected Vehicle
- Cybersecurity
The SELF DRIVE Act Returns: Why Congress Is Taking Another Shot at AV Regulation
Congress is making its third attempt at federal autonomous vehicle legislation. The SELF DRIVE Act, introduced in February 2026, follows failed efforts in 2017 and…
Jennifer Tisdale
Senior Director - Strategic Engagements, North America
- Physical AI
Turning fleet data into decisions in the Physical AI era
Connected vehicles have moved the industry into a new operating reality. Products are no longer defined at SOP (Start of Production). They evolve in the…
Sagi Erel
VP Architecture
- AI in Mobilty
- Cybersecurity
- Mobility API Security
- Proactive Quality Detection
Live Digital Twins Power Dynamic and Multi-Dimensional Anomaly and Risk Detection
The automotive industry is entering a sophisticated new era where AI no longer lives solely in the digital realm but must navigate and master the…
Sarit Kozokin
VP Product
- 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
- Cybersecurity
- Mobility API Security
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…
JONATHAN MICHAELI & RUSLAN GURBANOV
- 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…