Stellantis Joins GlobalPlatform to Advance Global Automotive Cybersecurity Standards
Auto giant joins Automotive Task Force as GlobalPlatform aligns specifications with auto industry standards to deliver secure, software-defined vehicles
September 4, 2025—Stellantis is the latest major auto OEM to join GlobalPlatform, helping to accelerate cross-industry collaboration on cybersecurity standardization for software-defined vehicles (SDVs).
Stellantis—the company behind 14 major auto brands, including Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, FIAT, Jeep®, Opel, Peugeot, and Vauxhall—has joined GlobalPlatform to help align its technologies with evolving automotive use cases and regulatory requirements. As part of the agreement, Bill Mazzara, North American Regulatory Lead and Technical Fellow for Product Cybersecurity at Stellantis, becomes co-chair of the GlobalPlatform Automotive Task Force.
Stellantis joins a growing community of automakers, cybersecurity firms, silicon vendors, and academic institutions in GlobalPlatform that are advancing a standardized approach to meeting the complex cybersecurity demands of today’s SDVs. Recent members of the Automotive Task Force include AIST, Cariad (Volkswagen), Dekra, ETAS, Linaro, Rambus, Renesas, Stellantis, Uni-sentry, and Woven by Toyota.
The Automotive Task Force is at the forefront of bringing market-proven GlobalPlatform technologies and specifications to the automotive sector. It recently reached a major milestone by fully aligning these specifications with the new addendum of the SAE J3101 Hardware Protected Security Environment automotive cybersecurity standard (J3101-5). This creates the formal means for GlobalPlatform-compliant suppliers to demonstrate automatic compliance with J3101. It provides automakers with confidence that components embedded in their vehicles meet cybersecurity requirements and facilitate integration with applications of AutoSAR, Car Connectivity Consortium, and other automotive frameworks.
The Automotive Task Force has also developed a protection profile based on the SESIP evaluation methodology to ensure component-level certifications are aligned with SAE J3101. This allows certified components to be reused across platforms without the need for re-evaluation, saving time and resources across the supply chain.
“GlobalPlatform’s Automotive Task Force is helping the industry converge on a platform of secure, scalable foundations for software-defined vehicles,” said Bill Mazzara, Technical Fellow, Product Cybersecurity at Stellantis. “Our engagement is focused on harmonizing security standards and fostering cross-industry collaboration to meet evolving regulatory and operational requirements and ultimately our customers' expectations.”
“Stellantis’ participation in GlobalPlatform reflects our commitment to advancing standardized, secure technologies that can scale across the automotive ecosystem,” said Muttalip Akin, SVP, Head of Electrical, Electronic & Hardware Engineering, Stellantis.
“These recent advancements represent a breakthrough in the industry’s goal of creating a standardized and certified platform for secure vehicle applications,” said Ana Tavares Lattibeaudiere, Executive Director of GlobalPlatform. “We urge further companies from across the auto industry to join us in our mission to lower risk, reduce costs, and eliminate fragmentation across the automotive cybersecurity ecosystem.”
Securing the Software-Defined Vehicle: A Call for Collaborative Innovation
There is urgent need for a collaborative approach to address the auto industry’s growing cybersecurity crisis. According to industry estimates, more than 500 automotive cyber vulnerabilities were published in 2024, up from just six a decade earlier. Similarly, estimated costs from SDV cyberattacks have ballooned to $22.5 billion from just $1 billion in 2022.
GlobalPlatform estimates that around 200 million Secure Elements (SEs) and more than 100 million Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) have been deployed in vehicles to date—laying the foundation for secure SDV innovation. As the industry advances toward the next wave of SDV technologies—including secure boot, vehicle identity and authentication, attestation, micro TEEs, and regulatory conformance through SESIP—collaboration is essential.
By contributing to the development of next-generation standards and specifications, the automotive and cybersecurity ecosystems can help ensure interoperability, strengthen regulatory alignment, and deliver trusted digital services at scale. GlobalPlatform invites stakeholders to contribute by joining its Technical Committees, the Automotive Task Force, and by participating in the Cybersecurity Vehicle Forum.
Contact automotive@globalplatform.org to learn more.
