Roadmap to Resilience: Enhancing Data Protection in Automotive Designs

By Michael Byrne

September 28, 2023 4 Min Read

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Automotive design is a relay. CAD files, ECU firmware, sensor datasets, supply chain contracts, each handoff must be fast, intentional, and provable. My MX Data gives engineering and programme teams a secure file sharing for business layer that preserves speed while tightening control. With named user exchange, end to end audit trails, and an ASR modelAnonymise, Shard, Restore: data is anonymised, split into shards, and reassembled for authorised recipients only., it helps protect design IP and facilitates alignment with frameworks like GDPR and ISO 27001 without changing the way engineers work.

Table Of Content

The automotive design risk picture
Where My MX Data helps first
A practical fit across the V cycle
Short FAQs for design and programme leads
Does MX replace our PLM
How does MX help GDPR or ISO 27001
Can MX carry very large simulation files
What about data sovereignty
Five steps to harden design data flows
Shift to named user exchange
Set expiry and download limits
Keep decisions with the file
Wire metadata into PLM or finance
Future proof cryptography
Faster, safer handoffs without breaking process
The key point to remember
Essential Reads
Sources

The automotive design risk picture

Quick scan, big patterns, solvable with discipline.

Supplier sprawl: The average company shares with 800 plus domains which makes link governance brittle for Tier one and Tier two ecosystems. Source
Shadow sharing: Between 30 percent and 80 percent of users send business files through personal tools, eroding traceability. Source
Sensitive leakage: 9.2 percent of externally shared documents contain regulated or confidential data. Source
IoT growth: Connected vehicle programmes face rising malware noise, IoT attacks jumped 107 percent year to date in 2024. Source

Where My MX Data helps first

MX focuses on controlled file exchange between specified people. It adds 256 bit AES, full audit trails, data sovereignty options, and a quantum secure patented methodology that anticipates post quantum risks which are scarcely adopted elsewhere at 0.029 percent in OpenSSH. Source Explore the feature set and our enterprise file sharing page.

39%

Cloud Data

Used for sharing Source

800+

Domains

Average sharing reach Source

107%

IoT Attacks

Year to date increase Source

A practical fit across the V cycle

From concept to validation, keep handoffs tight and traceable.

Stage	Common Risk	MX Control
Concept and design	Early CAD leaks to external forums	Named users, expiry, audit trail
Development	Firmware and calibration shared via email	ASR protection, version control
Validation and PPAP	Evidence packs lack traceability	End to end logs, data sovereignty rules

Stage Concept and design

Common Risk Early CAD leaks to external forums

MX Control Named users, expiry, audit trail

Stage Development

Common Risk Firmware and calibration shared via email

MX Control ASR protection, version control

Stage Validation and PPAP

Common Risk Evidence packs lack traceability

MX Control End to end logs, data sovereignty rules

Short FAQs for design and programme leads

Optional detail if you are mapping controls to your tooling.

Does MX replace our PLM

No. MX handles controlled file exchange. Keep BOM, workflows, and approvals in PLM. Use MX as the secure courier that carries CAD, firmware, and PPAP artefacts to named recipients with full logs. See B2B secure exchange.

How does MX help GDPR or ISO 27001

MX facilitates compliance through named access, audit trails, and data location controls. Review our pages for GDPR and ISO 27001.

Can MX carry very large simulation files

Yes. MX supports unlimited file size transfers for meshes, HIL logs, and high resolution datasets. See our page on large file sharing.

What about data sovereignty

You can select where shards are stored to support regulatory and contract needs. The data sovereigntyThe ability to specify jurisdictions or regions for storage and processing. control is available at enterprise level. View plans.

Five steps to harden design data flows

Adopt these moves across programmes and suppliers.

Shift to named user exchange

Replace public links with named recipients. It improves accountability and limits unintended forwards.

Set expiry and download limits

Shorten exposure windows and align with least privilege. MX enforces time bound access by default.

Keep decisions with the file

Use MX Conversations to hold context next to the exchange. Fewer misinterpretations, cleaner handoffs.

Wire metadata into PLM or finance

Push MX metadata through the API for traceability without manual effort. See enterprise collaboration.

Future proof cryptography

Adopt the MX quantum secure patented methodology and ASR model to reduce harvest now, decrypt later risk. Read our note on quantum proof encryption.

Faster, safer handoffs without breaking process

MX is not a document editor or PLM, and that is the advantage. It is the secure delivery layer for vehicle programmes, so your teams keep using CAD and PLM while every external exchange becomes auditable, time bound, and geographically controlled. If speed matters, read how we balance performance and security in this guide, then try MX on one PPAP workstream. You can also browse our case studies and the automotive note on enhancing data security.

The key point to remember

Resilient automotive design needs speed, traceability, and quiet certainty that sensitive files reach only the intended people. My MX Data delivers controlled, auditable exchange with named users, end to end logs, data location choice, and a quantum aware ASR model that helps teams future proof their programmes.

Draft in your PLM and CAD, then hand off through MX when it matters.

Essential Reads

Sources

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