When it comes to car safety, Uber is taking a step further to secure its vehicles. Company representatives have confirmed the hiring of two top-notch security analysts to help it achieve its goal of autonomous vehicle technology. Uber promises that the arrival of Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, who previously worked for Twitter Inc. and security firm IOActive, respectively, will help them improve their security.
UBER's Advanced Technologies Center, a research lab the company created in Pittsburgh in February, has already hired dozens of vehicle experts from Carnegie Mellon University, and now Miller and Valasek will join the existing team.
Their arrival was confirmed by a welcome tweet from Raffi Krikorian, the head of UBER ATC. Both have been meeting since Thursday.
Uber is currently focused on developing or adopting self-driving car technology, and Miller and Valasek will work hard to improve the safety of its vehicles. This will help the company reduce its workforce, which has grown rapidly in recent years as its fleet of vehicles and demand continue to grow.
In order to develop technology , the company sought "hands" from the University of Arizona, thus giving graduate students the opportunity to conduct research and generally assist in the entire technology development project.
In March, Uber brought in electronic mapping company deCarta, a California-based company whose technology offers search and turn-by-turn directions. FCA USA LLC recalled 1.4 million vehicles to install software that would prevent hackers from destroying the experiment, which uses a cellular network to input the entertainment system and then control the engine and brakes.
