Audio-Visuals
The basic principles of Uptane, and the framework's development over time, are addressed in some detail in a series of Powerpoint presentations originally put together for Uptane industry workshops and conferences. Links to these slides appear below, including two slide decks from its most recent programs targeted to international audiences. These include virtual programs held in October 2022 and March 2023, an in-person program held in December 2022, and a hybrid program in June 2023.
This section also includes links to a demo video explaining how Uptane works, and to a video of Trishank Kuppusamy delivering the first academic talk on Uptane at escar 16.
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Software Bill of Materials Overview An overview slide presentation on SBOMs prepared by Charles Hart of Hitachi America R&D for the Uptane conference held March 31, 2023.
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Supply Chain Security--An Evolution A slide presentation on supply chain security prepared by Matthew Mackay of General Motors for the Uptane conference held March 31, 2023.
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A Conversation on End-to-End Secure Automotive Software Updates--Main slide set This set offers a good general introduction to Uptane with an emphasis on its role in protection of the software supply chain. It was created for the Uptane conference held March 31, 2023.
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Uptane: Open Source Summit Japan: Securing Software Updates and Supply Chains on Connected Vehicles This slide set, created for presentation at the Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit in Japan, is a somewhat simplified version of the escar presentation from earlier in the year. It emphasizes the current status of the Uptane project and provides an excellent introduction to its basic design principles, its defensive strategies against specific threats, and how it continues to evolve to meet the needs of the industry.
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Uptane Virtual Industry Conference: Securing Software Updates and Supply Chains on Connected Vehicles This set of slides collects the presentations of six of the speakers at the 2022 Uptane Virtual Conference, which featured an updated overview of the framework and its evolution, particularly over the past few years. The slides also describe how Uptane is approaching emerging needs in the automotive industry, such as software supply chain security and dealing with aftermarket ECUs. Three other slide decks, from featured presenters Suzanne Lightman, Nick Russell, and David Kruger are described below.
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ISO 24089 (and a Little Bit of SAE/ISO 21434) Presented by Suzanne Lightman, Senior Advisor at the Computer Security Division of the Information Technology Lab at the National Institute for Standards and Technology, this slide deck provides relevant information to the Uptane community about conformance with these important industry standards.
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UNECE WP.29 regulations Presented by Nick Russell, Director of Standards for Blackberry, the slide deck offers a deep dive into the history, motivation, and application of two recent regulations from the United Nations UNECE Working Party 29: UN R 155 and R156.
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Over the Air Updates: PACCAR ITD Presented by David Kruger, a domain architect in the PACCAR Information Technology Division, these slides share how his company--which designs, manufactures and provides customer support to premium light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates--selected and implemented Uptane into its OTA system.
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Securing Over-the-Air Updates Against Nation State Actors-September 2021 These slides, created for our first international workshop held under the auspices of escar Europe, present an overview of the motivation behind Uptane, a basic description of how the technology works, and some thoughts on its future directions. Included are a number of slides that were not part of the formal presentation that offer valuable information on Uptane to those new to the framework.
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Uptane: Lessons Learned-September 2021 The second set of slides from the September 2021 international conference presents some examples where the Uptane technology responded to--or is currently responding to--specific stakeholder feedback. The examples include how to handle verification for secondary ECUs, and suggestion for Uptane implementations evolving from legacy systems.
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Lightning Update of Uptane-May 2020 This set of slides explaining the basics about what Uptane is and does, and what has changed over the past year.
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Aftermarket Logistics-May 2020 This presents a short overview of the current status of the use of aftermarket ECUs and what issues it raises for Uptane adoptions, and for the auto industry in general in the years ahead.
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Government Notifications/Updates for Road Vehicles for Emergencies, Road Work, and Traffic Conditions-May 2020 Another brief overview of an emerging issue, this one dealing with how Uptane can allow secure access to governments and regulatory bodies that may require automakers to grant them full control over a vehicle in emergency situations.
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POUFs-May 2020 Also from the May 2020 Virtual Industry Workshop, this presentation offers a brief outline of what POUFs are and what they do.
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Uptane Talk-SAE 2018 An updated set of slides that provides an overview of the rational for and design of Uptane.
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Video of Escar 16 presentation: Video of Dr. Kuppusamy presenting at the 14th Embedded Security in Cars conference in Munich. This was the first talk on Uptane delivered at a scholarly conference.