[$] Protecting update systems from nation-state attackers

Frequent updates are a key part of keeping systems secure, but that goalwill not be met if the update mechanism itself is compromised by anattacker. At a talk during the 2019 Open Source Summit Japan, JustinCappos described Uptane, an updatedelivery mechanism for automotive applications that, he said, can preventsuch problems, even when the attacker has the resources of a nation state.It would seem that some automobile manufacturers agree.