Trillium Acquires Automotive Cyber-Security Specialist CanBusHack

Trillium, an automotive cybersecurity solutions provider, announced its acquisition of the assets of cybersecurity consulting specialist CanBusHack. Established in 2010, CanBusHack is the oldest automotive cybersecurity consulting and penetration testing company in the world, and is widely recognized as an industry leader with a broad portfolio of successful projects with major OEM and Tier1 customers around the world.

Trillium made the announcement during the annual DEF CON hacker convention, held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, from July 27 "“ 30. Trillium's cybersecurity solution was under prolonged attack in the Car Hacking Village by the hacker community, members trying to compromise Trillium's BrainBOX and SecureCAR Server platform "“ as part of the Car Hacking Village's "Capture the Flag" competition. (www.CarHackingVillage.com.)

"The addition of CanBusHack's Red Team and penetration testing expertise is a perfect fit for Trillium, and adds to our already robust range of cybersecurity products, services and training capabilities," says Trillium President and CEO, David M. Uze. "Now, in addition to providing customers with tools and systems to ward off cyber-attacks, we can also help identify weaknesses early to reduce network vulnerabilities prior to commercial system deployment."

The combination of CanBusHack's sophisticated "Red Team" and Trillium's advanced "Blue Team" expertise is expected to deliver a 100% IP accretive environment for developing advanced vehicular cybersecurity systems.

As a result of the acquisition, CanBusHack President and Founder Robert Leale will join Trillium as its Global Consulting Practice Director, and be deeply involved with Trillium's cybersecurity product development roadmap. He will also assume responsibility for building Trillium's worldwide capabilities in cybersecurity consulting and penetration testing.

Mr. Leale and his team will proactively work with Trillium's IoT and automotive customers on an on-going basis to identify and prevent "Zero-Day" exploits, ensuring that Trillium's customers remain among the safest on the planet. "I'm thrilled about this opportunity to join Trillium's world-class team and contribute to making it the global leader in automotive IoT penetration testing and vehicular cybersecurity consulting," said Mr. Leale.