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Reference engagement · Project Ironhorse🔒 Client name on request · under NDA

Heritage brand, electrified — and cyber-secure.

Tomco led the functional-safety and cybersecurity case for a heritage motorcycle manufacturer's electrification and connectivity program — ISO 26262 layered with ISO/SAE 21434 and UNECE R155/R156 over-the-air evidence.

R155 / R156
Cyber & SUMS type approval, first cycle clean
1 case
Integrated FuSa + cyber + OTA evidence chain
OTA signed
Every firmware campaign AFSP-co-signed
House standard
Pattern reused across every connected program
Program narrative

How the engagement ran.

The client — a heritage motorcycle manufacturer — was moving its flagship platform to a connected electric powertrain with always-on telemetry and over-the-air update capability. The combined system required ISO 26262 for the powertrain, ISO/SAE 21434 for the cybersecurity case, and UNECE R155 / R156 type-approval evidence for cyber and software-update management.

Tomco built a single integrated safety + security case rather than two parallel ones. AFSPs and certified cybersecurity engineers co-signed the TARA, the cyber requirements, the OTA campaign-management evidence, and every release of the connected powertrain firmware. Agents kept the trace continuous across vehicle, cloud, and mobile-companion-app boundaries.

First connected electric models shipped on schedule with full R155/R156 type approval. The integrated safety + cyber case is now the client's house standard for every connected vehicle program in the pipeline.

AFSP team

Who signed it.

Lead AFSP · Connected Vehicle
exida CFSE · ISO/SAE 21434 cybersecurity engineer · UNECE R155/R156 lead
11 yrs ISO 26262 · 6 yrs automotive cybersecurity & OTA

Names withheld by policy. Credentials and program references verifiable on request under NDA.

FuSa (ISO 26262)Cyber (ISO/SAE 21434)OTA / SUMS (R156)CSMS (R155)Motorcyclist SafetyCloud-Vehicle Trust
Standards mapped

The regime, line by line.

ISO 26262
Road vehicles — Functional safety
Tomco role: Conformance
ISO/SAE 21434
Road vehicles — Cybersecurity engineering
Tomco role: Conformance
UNECE R155
Cybersecurity & cybersecurity management system
Tomco role: Conformance
UNECE R156
Software update & software-update management system
Tomco role: Conformance
ISO 13232
Motorcyclist impact protection — research methods
Tomco role: Contributor
SAE J2945
On-board V2X system requirements
Tomco role: Contributor
Evidence chain

One signed thread, end to end.

  1. 01Item definition — connected powertrain & telematics scope
  2. 02HARA + TARA — joint hazard & threat analysis
  3. 03OTA pipeline — R156 SUMS evidence, signed campaign workflow
  4. 04Connected powertrain firmware — joint FuSa + cyber V&V
  5. 05CSMS audit — R155 cybersecurity management system
  6. 06Signed release — AFSP + cyber co-signature on every OTA campaign

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