Secure mobile device integration with vehicles

A mobile computing device, comprising:

• at least one hardware processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, having encoded thereon processor instruction configured to:
• process a vehicle integration request made by at least one of (i) the mobile computing device and (ii) a transportation vehicle;
• compute a risk assessment value that quantifies a security risk to the transportation vehicle as a result of connecting the mobile computing device to the transportation vehicle, wherein the computing is based on at least one of a hardware and a software of the mobile computing device;
• transmit the risk assessment value to a vehicle computer integrated in the transportation vehicle;
• and
• complete a digital data connection with the vehicle computer when the risk assessment value complies with a vehicle access security policy of the vehicle computer.

A transportation vehicle computer comprising:

• at least one hardware processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by the at least one hardware processor to:
• process a vehicle integration request made by at least one of (i) a mobile computing device and (ii) the transportation vehicle computer;
• receive a risk assessment value from the mobile computing device;
• select one of a plurality of access levels according to the risk assessment value, wherein the plurality of access levels stratify security risks of a vehicle access according to a vehicle access security policy, and wherein the vehicle access is at least one of:
• (a) a mobile device access to at least one vehicle computer control, and (b) a user access to at least one physical control;
• and
• complete a digital data connection with the transportation vehicle computer when the risk assessment value complies with a vehicle access security policy of the vehicle.