Accedian, New Context and Savari are collaborating to develop more advanced and secure V2X and transport infrastructure. The partners plan to integrate sensors, applications, autonomous cars and remote sensors into a more secure and smarter framework.

The partners aim to address what they see as a challenge of ageing road and communications infrastructures that they argue cannot support next generation smart technologies.

Accedian is a specialist in performance analytics, cybersecurity threat detection, and end user experience solutions. New Context specialises in digital transformation for infrastructure security. Savari builds vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications technology for smart infrastructure.

Accedian will provide its Skylight technology, which delivers the observability of network and application transactions, performance analytics, and the detection of real-time suspicious, malicious and anomalous threat behaviours. Skylight’s observability will enable infrastructure to capitalise on data coming from vehicles, traffic management systems, and fast charging stations, for example, and support applications associated with smart city enablement. The company argues that this intelligent stream of data can be used by higher layer analytics platforms, and automation and orchestration platforms, for V2G and C-V2X infrastructure. Observability of application and network performance, as well as security threat detection at the edge and in the core cloud infrastructure, assures that the right data was sent to the right place and at the right time, facilitating an intelligent, eco-friendly and safer smart city infrastructure.

“Skylight provides the critical observability needed to ascertain the application communication transactions and detect advanced, targeted cyber breaches and other evasive attacks that are notably more difficult for organisations to find and prevent. In short, it provides the digital assurance required to empower the smart city infrastructure ecosystem,” said Michael Rezek, Vice President of Cybersecurity Strategy at Accedian.

New Context will provide expertise in data architecture solutions for the utility, robotic, and industrial sectors.

“To enable electrification, autonomous vehicles, and smart infrastructure, we must engineer a scalable solution that is built for our next generation. The infrastructure must be resilient enough to enable jobs and capital, while also providing market sectors, like insurance, a means to balance innovation with risk in a world teeming with new technological opportunities,” added Daniel Riedel, CEO of New Context. “Observability and trust are paramount to how we integrate those sensors, vehicles and supply chains. That is why this partnership is critical to our future infrastructure. Industrial, utility, and automotive companies will all blend into one ecosystem. Data must be able to pass through them safely and securely while still maintaining all regulatory compliance cross borders. We are honoured to be among a few select companies that have the depth and breadth of experience in this interconnected landscape, and Accedian’s Skylight and Savari will give us the visibility to achieve transparency and trust.”

In 2020, Savari contributes to the V2X rollouts by major automotive vehicle manufacturers who account for more than 30% of the US market and roughly 15% of the global automotive market. Savari’s V2X software supports Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) features for one in seven cars globally.

“The emergence of 5G is enabling the rollouts for V2X infrastructure to happen sooner. The time is now to address both the needs of smart cities and automotive vehicle manufacturers for connected and autonomous vehicles. We are excited to combine the power of our three companies to help create a platform framework for the insurance industry to meet nationwide Vision Zero initiatives,” said Ravi Puvvala, CEO of Savari.