Research and Markets: IT Security in The Automotive Supply Chain

DUBLIN, Ireland--Jan. 2, 20058, 2005--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c12338) has announced the addition of IT security in the automotive supply chain to their offering

The greater use of IT systems to introduce efficiencies within the automotive sector supply chain offers significant revenue opportunities for software vendors, networking solution providers and systems integrators. Many logistics solution providers believe that web services represent one of the best mechanisms for cost-effectively integrating numerous suppliers and manufacturer systems while exploiting the ubiquity of the web as a network infrastructure.

Scope

- The increasing reliance on IT systems to create efficiency improvements in the automotive sector necessitates a greater need for both proactive IT security measures and reactive business continuity.

- IT security solution providers must help automotive customers understand how web services security can help overcome security concerns for web services models.

- Physical security represents an additional opportunity for those with the appropriate capabilities or partners

- Automotive manufacturers and retailers need help from the technology industry to help them overcome the privacy concerns surrounding RFID.

Highlights

- IT investment is one means of reducing costs through automating previously manual processes and by cutting supply chain timescales. Such an infrastructure however, is a double-edge sword because any disruption could paralyze the manufacturers operations. Greater IT investment must go hand-in-hand with a better understanding of IT security risks.

- We expect that RFID will be the bedrock of most supply chains 10 to 20 years from now with the market conservatively valued at $1 billion by 2006. Because of the importance of an efficient supply chain within the automotive sector, the authors believe that RFID could be an important technology in this market as well.

Reasons to Purchase

- Provides automotive vendors with an understanding how security concerns are limiting web services deployments and the importance of education.

- Identifies technologies likely to have an important impact on improving automotive manufacturing and supply.

- Gives examples of security solutions deployed by automotive manufacturers in order to protect their intellectual property against physical security

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