SIST EN ISO 21177:2024

Intelligent transport systems - ITS station security services for secure session establishment and authentication between trusted devices (ISO 21177:2024)

This document contains specifications for a set of ITS station security services required to ensure the authenticity of the source and integrity of information exchanged between trusted entities, i.e.:
—     between devices operated as bounded secured managed entities, i.e. "ITS Station Communication Units" (ITS-SCU) and "ITS station units" (ITS-SU) as specified in ISO 21217; and
—     between ITS-SUs (composed of one or several ITS-SCUs) and external trusted entities such as sensor and control networks.
These services include the authentication and secure session establishment which are required to exchange information in a trusted and secure manner.
These services are essential for many intelligent transport system (ITS) applications and services, including time-critical safety applications, automated driving, remote management of ITS stations (ISO 24102-2), and roadside/infrastructure-related services.

Intelligente Verkehrssysteme - Sicherheitsdienste für eine ITS-Station zum sicheren Aufbau von Sitzungen und zur Authentisierung zwischen vertrauenswürdigen Geräten (ISO 21177:2024)

Systèmes de transport intelligents - Services de sécurité des stations ITS pour l’établissement et l’authentification des sessions sécurisées entre dispositifs de confiance (ISO 21177:2024)

Le présent document contient les spécifications d'un ensemble de services de sécurité des stations ITS nécessaires pour garantir l'authenticité de la source et l'intégrité des informations échangées entre des entités de confiance, c'est-à-dire:
—     entre des dispositifs exploités en tant qu'entités délimitées gérées de manière sécurisée, c'est-à-dire les «unités de communication de station ITS» (ITS-SCU) et les «unités de station ITS» (ITS-SU) comme spécifié dans l'ISO 21217; et
—     entre les ITS-SU (composées d'une ou plusieurs ITS-SCU) et les entités de confiance externes telles que les réseaux de capteurs et de contrôle.
Ces services comprennent l'authentification et l'établissement de sessions sécurisées, nécessaires pour échanger des informations dans le cadre d'une relation de confiance et de manière sécurisée.
Ces services sont essentiels pour de nombreux services et applications de systèmes de transport intelligents (ITS), notamment les applications de sécurité revêtant un caractère d'urgence, la conduite automatisée, la gestion à distance des stations ITS (ISO 24102-2), et les services routiers liés aux infrastructures.

Inteligentni transportni sistemi - Storitve varovanja postaj ITS za varno vzpostavitev sej in preverjanje pristnosti med zaupanja vrednimi napravami (ISO 21177:2024)

Ta dokument vsebuje specifikacije za storitve varovanja postaj ITS, ki so potrebne za zagotovitev verodostojnosti vira in celovitosti informacij, izmenjanih med zaupanja vrednimi enotami, tj.:
–    med napravami, ki delujejo kot omejene varovane upravljane enote, tj. »komunikacijske enote postaj ITS« (ITS-SCU) in »enote postaj ITS« (ITS-SU), kot je določeno v standardu ISO 21217, ter
–    med enotami postaj ITS (sestavljenimi iz ene ali več komunikacijskih enot postaj ITS) ter zunanjimi zaupanja vrednimi enotami, kot so senzorska in nadzorna omrežja.
Te storitve vključujejo preverjanje pristnosti in varno vzpostavitev seje, ki sta potrebna za zaupno in varno izmenjavo informacij.
Te storitve so bistvene za številne aplikacije in storitve inteligentnih transportnih sistemov (ITS), vključno s časovno kritičnimi varnostnimi aplikacijami, samodejno vožnjo, daljinskim upravljanjem postaj ITS (ISO 24102-2) ter obcestnimi/infrastrukturnimi storitvami.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 14-Jan-2024
• Publication Date: 07-May-2024
• ICS: 03.220.01 - Transport in general
• ICS: 35.030 - IT Security
• ICS: 35.240.60 - IT applications in transport
• Technical Committee: ITC - Information technology
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 24-Apr-2024
• Due Date: 29-Jun-2024
• Completion Date: 08-May-2024
• Ref Project: EN ISO 21177:2024 - Intelligent transport systems - ITS station security services for secure session establishment and authentication between trusted devices (ISO 21177:2024)

Relations

• Replaces: SIST EN ISO 21177:2023 - Intelligent transport systems - ITS station security services for secure session establishment and authentication between trusted devices (ISO 21177:2023)
• Effective Date: 01-Jun-2024

Overview

SIST EN ISO 21177:2024 (ISO 21177:2024) defines ITS station security services for secure session establishment and authentication between trusted devices. It specifies the services required to ensure authenticity of the source and integrity of information exchanged between ITS station communication units (ITS‑SCU), ITS station units (ITS‑SU), and external trusted entities such as sensor and control networks. The standard covers session lifecycle, cryptomaterial handling, access control state, and interfaces needed so ITS applications can exchange information in a trusted, auditable way.

Keywords: ITS station security services, secure session establishment, authentication, ISO 21177:2024, ITS‑SCU, ITS‑SU, ITS security.

Key Topics and Technical Requirements

• Session establishment and authentication: Procedures and primitives for initiating, extending and terminating secure sessions between trusted ITS entities.
• Architecture and functional entities: Roles and relationships for ITS‑SCU and ITS‑SU components and external trusted devices.
• Cryptomaterial handles and session state: Management of keys, certificates and session identifiers to protect confidentiality, integrity and authenticity.
• Access control and authorization: Policy models and access-control PDUs to enforce role-based access and authorization state.
• Enhanced and extended authentication: Support for stronger authentication methods (document references include SPAKE2 as an option) and mechanisms for owner/accessor roles.
• Interoperability with TLS and application specs: Guidance on relationship to Transport Layer Security (TLS) and higher-level ITS application requirements.
• Process flows and sequence diagrams: Detailed flows (configure, start session, send/receive PDUs, extend/force end sessions) to support implementation and testing.
• Security subsystem interfaces and data types: Defined primitives, PDUs and data models for implementers and vendors.

Practical Applications and Who Uses It

This standard is essential for ITS deployments that require trusted, time-sensitive communications, including:

• Automated driving systems requiring secure vehicle-to-infrastructure/vehicle-to-vehicle exchanges.
• Time-critical safety applications (collision avoidance, emergency braking coordination).
• Roadside infrastructure and traffic management for secure telemetry and control of sensors, signals and controllers.
• Remote management of ITS stations (referenced ISO 24102-2) for secure maintenance and diagnostics.
• Vehicle OEMs, tier‑1 suppliers, ITS integrators, cybersecurity engineers, and infrastructure operators implementing interoperable, standards-based security services.

Keywords: automated driving security, ITS cybersecurity, secure ITS sessions, remote management ITS.

Related Standards (if applicable)

• ISO 21217 - ITS station architecture (defines ITS‑SCU and ITS‑SU terms referenced by ISO 21177).
• ISO 24102‑2 - Remote management of ITS stations (related application use case).
• Relationship and guidance regarding TLS are discussed to align session-layer security with ITS application needs.

Use ISO 21177:2024 to design, evaluate and implement secure session and authentication services that meet regulatory and operational requirements across ITS ecosystems.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2024
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 21177:2023
Inteligentni transportni sistemi - Storitve varovanja postaj ITS za varno
vzpostavitev sej in preverjanje pristnosti med zaupanja vrednimi napravami (ISO
21177:2024)
Intelligent transport systems - ITS station security services for secure session
establishment and authentication between trusted devices (ISO 21177:2024)
Intelligente Verkehrssysteme - Sicherheitsdienste für eine ITS-Station zum sicheren
Aufbau von Sitzungen und zur Authentisierung zwischen vertrauenswürdigen Geräten
(ISO 21177:2024)
Systèmes de transport intelligents - Services de sécurité des stations ITS pour
l’établissement et l’authentification des sessions sécurisées entre dispositifs de
confiance (ISO 21177:2024)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 21177:2024
ICS:
03.220.01 Transport na splošno Transport in general
35.030 Informacijska varnost IT Security
35.240.60 Uporabniške rešitve IT v IT applications in transport
prometu
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 21177
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
March 2024
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 03.220.01; 35.240.60; 35.030 Supersedes EN ISO 21177:2023
English Version
Intelligent transport systems - ITS station security services
for secure session establishment and authentication
between trusted devices (ISO 21177:2024)
Systèmes de transport intelligents - Services de Intelligente Verkehrssysteme - Sicherheitsdienste für
sécurité des stations ITS pour l'établissement et eine ITS-Station zum sicheren Aufbau von Sitzungen
l'authentification des sessions sécurisées entre und zur Authentisierung zwischen
dispositifs de confiance (ISO 21177:2024) vertrauenswürdigen Geräten (ISO 21177:2024)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 6 March 2024.

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European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 21177:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 204
"Intelligent transport systems" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 278 “Intelligent
transport systems” the secretariat of which is held by NEN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
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This document supersedes EN ISO 21177:2023.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards
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North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 21177:2024 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 21177:2024 without any modification.

International
Standard
ISO 21177
Second edition
Intelligent transport systems —
2024-03
ITS station security services for
secure session establishment
and authentication between
trusted devices
Systèmes de transport intelligents — Services de sécurité des
stations ITS pour l’établissement et l’authentification des sessions
sécurisées entre dispositifs de confiance
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ISO 21177:2024(en) © ISO 2024
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Contents Page
Foreword .vi
Introduction .vii
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Abbreviated terms . 2
5 Overview . 4
5.1 General description, relationship to transport layer security (TLS) and relationship to
application specifications .4
5.2 Goals .5
5.3 Architecture and functional entities .5
5.4 Cryptomaterial handles .10
5.5 Session IDs and state .10
5.6 Access control and authorization state .11
5.7 Application level non-repudiation .11
5.8 Service primitive conventions .11
6 Process flows and sequence diagrams .12
6.1 General . 12
6.2 Overview of process flows . 12
6.3 Sequence diagram conventions . 13
6.4 Configure .14
6.5 Start session . 15
6.6 Send data .18
6.7 Send access control PDU .21
6.8 Receive PDU . 22
6.9 Extend session .27
6.9.1 Goals .27
6.9.2 Processing . 28
6.10 Secure connection brokering . 28
6.10.1 Goals . 28
6.10.2 Prerequisites . 28
6.10.3 Overview . 29
6.10.4 Detailed specification . 30
6.11 Force end session. 38
6.12 Session terminated at session layer . 39
6.13 Deactivate . 40
6.14 Secure session example .41
7 Security subsystem: interfaces and data types .43
7.1 General .43
7.2 Access control policy and state .43
7.3 Enhanced authentication . 44
7.3.1 Definition and possible states . 44
7.3.2 States for owner role enhanced authentication .45
7.3.3 State for accessor role enhanced authentication . 46
7.3.4 Use by access control . 46
7.3.5 Methods for providing enhanced authentication .47
7.3.6 Enhanced authentication using SPAKE2 .47
7.4 Extended authentication . 48
7.5 Security Management Information Request . 48
7.5.1 Rationale . 48
7.5.2 General . 49
7.6 Data types . 50

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7.6.1 General . 50
7.6.2 Imports . 50
7.6.3 “Helper” data types . 50
7.6.4 Iso21177AccessControlPdu .51
7.6.5 AccessControlResult .51
7.6.6 ExtendedAuthPdu .51
7.6.7 ExtendedAuthRequest .52
7.6.8 InnerExtendedAuthRequest .52
7.6.9 AtomicExtendedAuthRequest . 53
7.6.10 ExtendedAuthResponse . 53
7.6.11 ExtendedAuthResponsePayload . 53
7.6.12 EnhancedAuthPdu . 53
7.6.13 SpakeRequest . 54
7.6.14 SpakeResponse . 54
7.6.15 SpakeRequesterResponse . 54
7.6.16 SecurityMgmtInfoPdu . 54
7.6.17 SecurityMgmtInfoRequest . 55
7.6.18 EtsiCrlRequest . 55
7.6.19 CertChainRequest . 55
7.6.20 SecurityMgmtInfoResponse. 56
7.6.21 SecurityMgmtInfoErrorResponse . 56
7.6.22 EtsiCrlResponse . 56
7.6.23 EtsiCtlResponse . . . 56
7.6.24 IeeeCrlResponse .57
7.6.25 CertChainResponse . .57
7.6.26 SessionExtensionPdu .57
7.7 App-Sec Interface .59
7.7.1 App-Sec-Configure.request .59
7.7.2 App-Sec-Configure.confirm . 60
7.7.3 App-Sec-StartSession.indication . 60
7.7.4 App-Sec-Data.request. 60
7.7.5 App-Sec-Data.confirm .61
7.7.6 App-Sec-Incoming.request .61
7.7.7 App-Sec-Incoming.confirm.62
7.7.8 App-Sec-EndSession.request . 63
7.7.9 App-Sec-EndSession.indication . 63
7.7.10 App-Sec-Deactivate.request . 63
7.7.11 App-Sec-Deactivate.confirm . 64
7.7.12 App-Sec-Deactivate.indication . 64
7.8 Security subsystem internal interface . 64
7.8.1 General . 64
7.8.2 Sec-AuthState.request . 65
7.8.3 Sec-AuthState.confirm . 65
8 Adaptor layer: interfaces and data types .66
8.1 General . 66
8.2 Data types .67
8.2.1 General .67
8.2.2 Iso21177AdaptorLayerPDU .67
8.2.3 Apdu . 68
8.2.4 AccessControl . 68
8.2.5 TlsClientMsg1 . . . 68
8.2.6 TlsServerMsg1 . 68
8.3 App-AL Interface . 68
8.3.1 App-AL-Data.request . 68
8.3.2 App-AL-Data.confirm . 69
8.3.3 App-AL-Data.indication . . . 69
8.3.4 App-AL-EnableProxy.request .70
8.4 Sec-AL Interface .71

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8.4.1 Sec-AL-AccessControl.request .71
8.4.2 Sec-AL-AccessControl.confirm. 72
8.4.3 Sec-AL-AccessControl.indication . 72
8.4.4 Sec-AL-EndSession.request . 73
8.4.5 Sec-AL-EndSession.confirm. 73
9 Secure session Services .73
9.1 General . 73
9.2 App-Sess interfaces . 73
9.2.1 App-Sess-EnableProxy.request . 73
9.3 Sec-Sess interface .74
9.3.1 Sec-Sess-Configure.request .74
9.3.2 Sec-Sess-Configure.confirm .76
9.3.3 Sec-Sess-Start.indication.76
9.3.4 Sec-Sess-EndSession.indication . 77
9.3.5 Sec-Sess-Deactivate.request . 77
9.3.6 Sec-Sess-Deactivate.confirm . 78
9.4 AL-Sess interface . 78
9.4.1 AL-Sess-Data.request . 78
9.4.2 AL-Sess-Data.confirm . 78
9.4.3 AL-Sess-Data.indication . 78
9.4.4 AL-Sess-EndSession.request . 79
9.4.5 AL-Sess-EndSession.confirm . 79
9.4.6 AL-Sess-ClientHelloProxy.request . 79
9.4.7 AL-Sess-ClientHelloProxy.indication . 80
9.4.8 AL-Sess-ServerHelloProxy.request . 81
9.4.9 AL-Sess-ServerHelloProxy.indication . 81
9.5 Permitted mechanisms . 82
9.5.1 TLS 1.3 . 82
9.5.2 DTLS 1.3 . 83
Annex A (informative) Usage scenarios .84
Annex B (normative) ASN.1 module .92
Annex C (normative) Session extension PDU functional type .93
Annex D (normative) Owner authorization .94
Bibliography .98

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Foreword
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Introduction
This document specifies ITS station security services that provide authenticity of the source and
confidentiality and integrity of application activities taking place between trusted devices. The two devices
taking part in a data exchange establish a cryptographically secure session. As part of establishing this
session, each device [or, more precisely, each end entity (EE) which is an application on the device] is sent
one or more digital certificates that are cryptographically bound to the other EE and contain statements,
made by a trusted third party, about the EE’s capabilities, properties and permissions. This allows each EE
to have assurance about the properties of the other EE in the session, and this in turn allows each EE to
make trust and access control decisions about data that the other EE can access, commands that the other
EE can execute, states that the other EE can change, and other types of access that the other EE can request.
In other words, the two EEs establish a trust relationship where each EE is trusted by the other EE to carry
out specific actions, without requiring one EE to allow the other EE to have arbitrary access.
The mechanisms specified in this document allow each EE to establish trusted facts about the other EE.
For these mechanisms to be used, the EE specification needs to include an access control policy, indicating
which properties are required to be known to be true about the other EE for that other EE to be allowed to
carry out particular actions. In other words, this document provides a means to obtain security-relevant
information, but the use of that security-relevant information is to be specified in the specification of the EE.
The trust relation between two devices is illustrated in Figure 1. Two devices cooperate in a trusted way, i.e.
exchange information with optional explicit bi-directional protection.
Figure 1 — Interconnection of trusted devices
According to ISO 21217, an ITS station unit (ITS-SU), i.e. the physical implementation of the ITS station
(ITS-S) functionality, is a trusted device, and an ITS-SU may be composed of ITS station communication units
(ITS-SCUs) that are interconnected via an ITS station-internal network. Thus, an ITS-SCU is the smallest
physical entity of an ITS-SU that is referred to as a trusted device.
[16]
NOTE 1 ISO 21217 fully covers the functionality of EN 302 665, which is a predecessor of ISO 21217.
NOTE 2 An ITS-SU can be composed of ITS-SCUs from different vendors where each ITS-SCU is linked to a different
ITS-SCU configuration and management centre specified in ISO 24102-2 and ISO 17419. Station-internal management
communications between ITS-SCUs of the same ITS-SU are specified in ISO 24102-4. The European C-ITS regulation
refers to the "ITS-SCU configuration and management centre" as "C-ITS station operator" meaning the entity
responsible for the operation of a C-ITS station. The C-ITS station operator can be responsible for the operation of
one single C-ITS station (fixed or mobile), or a C-ITS infrastructure composed of a number of fixed C-ITS stations, or a
number of mobile ITS stations.
Four implementation contexts of communication nodes in ITS communications networks are identified
in the ITS station and communication architecture of ISO 21217, each comprised of ITS-SUs taking on a
particular role: personal, vehicular, roadside or central. These ITS-SUs are ITS-secured communication
nodes as required in ISO 21217 that participate in a wide variety of ITS services related to, for example,
sustainability, road safety and transportation efficiency. See also Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4 and Figure 5.
Over the last decade, ITS services have arisen that require secure access to data from sensor and control
networks (SCN), for example, from in-vehicle networks (IVN) and from infrastructure/roadside networks
(IRN), some of which require secure local access to time-critical information; see Figure 2 and Figure 3.

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Key
VMS variable message sign
Figure 2 — Example of a roadside ITS-SU connected with proprietary IRN
Key
ECU electronic control unit
Figure 3 — Example of a vehicle ITS-SU connected with proprietary IVN

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Key
N&T Networking & Transport
Figure 4 — Interconnection of ITS-SCUs in an ITS-SU
Key
N&T Networking & Transport
Figure 5 — Interconnection of ITS-SUs
By applying basic security means specified in this document, the ITS-SUs can establish secure application
sessions. Establishment of sessions either requires prior knowledge about a session partner or can be
achieved by means of a service announcement as specified in ISO 22418. Further on, the broadcasting of
messages is secured by means of authenticating the sender of such a message, applicable for the service
advertisement message (SAM) specified in ISO 16460 and used in ISO 22418. Additionally, other security
means may be applied, e.g. encryption of messages.
A further trust relation in the ITS domain is between an ITS-SU consisting of one or several ITS-SCUs and a
sensor and control network (SCN). Trust is achieved by applying security means in an interface as illustrated
in Figure 6 with details specified in this document.
Key
N&T Networking & Transport
Figure 6 — Interface between ITS-SU and sensor and control network

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The interface presented in Figure 6 may be a stand-alone device, or may be integrated in the ITS-SU, or
may be part of the SCN. Examples of SCNs are "in-vehicle networks" (IVN) and "infrastructure/roadside
networks" (IRN).
Related use cases of these ITS services have largely been derived from regulatory requirements and ITS
operational needs, and they include:
— secure real-time access to time-critical vehicle-related data for safety of life and property applications,
e.g. collision avoidance, emergency electronic brake light and event determination;
— secure local access to detailed real-time data for efficiency applications (traffic management), e.g.
intersection interaction, congestion avoidance and dynamic pr
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