6 things you’ll learn at NMFTA’s Digital Solutions Conference on Cybersecurity

In the trucking industry, business infrastructure, data and workflows increasingly only exist in online environments. Your business depends heavily on your digital ecosystems’ security, but is it prepared to handle emerging cyberthreats that could lay siege to both your enterprise systems and vehicle networks?

Even the best-equipped companies are vulnerable to security blind spots where increasingly sophisticated cybercrimes can go undetected until it’s too late.

October is Cybersecurity...

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NHTSA doesn’t see cybersecurity as barrier to 3rd-party repairs

Federal regulators have attempted to address the need to protect cars and trucks against cybersecurity threats while ensuring that their owners are able to access less costly third-party repairs and maintenance.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration acknowledges that challenge in a “pre-final” version of its “Cybersecurity Best Practices for the Safety of Modern Vehicles,” released Wednesday. The new guidelines update a 2016 version, after soliciting comments on a draft version...

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ELD risk gets new scrutiny after FBI warnings

A warning last week from federal law enforcement on the cybersecurity risks associated with electronic logging devices (ELDs) has raised awareness in the trucking industry on the potential costs of getting hacked.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) would not comment on whether the notice it sent to private companies involved in the trucking industry was based on recent ELD cyber threat activity. “There are no current ELD hacks that we are aware of,” Sharon Reynolds, Chief Information...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/eld-risk-gets-new-scrutiny-after-fbi-warnings