Symantec appears to be investing more in its Internet of things lineup, having just released the Symantec Anomaly Detection for Automotive application in an effort to detect security anomalies in connected cars.
The security company with the Anomaly Detection for Automotive application is aimed at the automotive industry. It is a suite that aims to analyze security threats and neutralize them.
With this move, the company seems to believe that the Internet of Things can be a significant growth market. Symantec also has built-in security tools, code signing and managed public keys to secure the Internet of Things.
The general idea behind the software is that the company will use machine learning to analyze a car's Controller Area Network passively.
The company's Anomaly Detection for Automotive software appears to learn the car's normal behavior, so it can detect an attack if it notices something out of the ordinary.
The software will work with most makes and models, the company said.
Symantec's software will be embedded in cars and likely sold by car manufacturers. The application will be invisible to the driver and will use minimal memory and computing power.
According to Symantec, Anomaly Detection for the automotive industry is available now.
