Create a comprehensive AppSec program to ease the introduction of hundreds of applications into a highly security-conscious environment.

Joining forces presents an influx of applications and some security concerns

The logistics industry expects the demand for small parcel deliveries to increase by 50 percent by 2030, due to the growth of e-commerce. However, emissions problems and driver shortages are becoming more serious. UD Trucks believes that with automation, transportation can be smarter through the evolution of connectivity and digitalization. To create new value in the commercial vehicle industry globally, AB VOLVO and Isuzu entered a strategic partnership. As part of this, UD Trucks, a VOLVO-owned brand, was transferred to Isuzu to strengthen the overseas market.

Mrs. Saritha Auti, Global Chief Information Security Officer for UD Trucks, explains further: “With the change in the business strategy and separation of UD Trucks from the Volvo Group, we needed to identify and segregate the business process and applications that are relevant to UD Trucks, including setting up a cybersecurity function to ensure that the infrastructure and applications are secure during the migration into the new UD Trucks environment. We took the opportunity to introduce a DevSecOps environment and ensure that our applications are free of exploitable vulnerabilities before being released into the production environment. Creating secure software code is an important first step to ensure that our data is secure throughout the business value chain, and we therefore prioritized application security and DevSecOps.”

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