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Webinar Recap: Cross-Training with ICS to Bolster Truck Cybersecurity

During NMFTA’s recent webinar, industry professional Chloe Callahan shared four protocols that can help the industry learn from industrial control systems (ICS).

NMFTA on FreightWaves: Why Cybersecurity Is a Top Priority

During a recent interview with FreightWaves, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association’s (NMFTA) Executive Director Debbie Ruane Sparks and Senior Cybersecurity Research Engineer Ben Gardiner had a chance to speak directly to the critical impact the organization is making on today’s LTL trucking industry.

Extensive Federal Resources Can Help the Trucking Industry Fight Cyberattacks

Given the importance of cybersecurity to the trucking industry, any resource that helps with the effort is welcome. And many people in our industry don’t realize we already have access to tons of resources from the federal government.

Interpreting the Classifications for Your Various Product SKUs? NMFTA Can Help With That!

Many shippers and 3PLs who see the value of our NMFC classification system face a challenge we recognize well: Dealing with a very large number of products. NMFTA can help!

NMFTA is Working On a Tool to Help Truck Fleets Assess Vendor Cybersecurity Readiness

For as much work as NMFTA does to help LTL trucking companies achieve cybersecurity, imagine: What if a fleet achieves all that, only to fall under a cyberattack anyway because it contracts with a telematics vendor that has left itself unprotected?

Q&A from W. Logistics: Is an ELD Hackable?

Read as NMFTA’s cybersecurity team shares why its position on the risks of ELDs and other telematics devices has not changed since a publication that was written in 2015 and why.

Protecting Truck Sensors from Cyberattacks: A Word from Ryan Gerdes, Ph.D.

When developing a strategy to achieve cybersecurity for trucks, Ryan Gerdes, Ph.D., wants the industry to have a critical understanding of one fact: Sensor security is essential to the entire effort.

NMFTA Streamlines Dozens of Categories in Latest Proposed Classification Update 

As part of the continuing effort to simplify and modernize the National Motor Freight Classification® (NMFC®) system, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association’s (NMFTA) Freight Classification Development Council (FCDC) has issued this year’s second major supplement to the system. 

Three Reasons You’ll Be in Great Shape After You Attend October’s Digital Solutions Conference

Have you registered for this year’s Digital Solutions Conference on cybersecurity? Read as NMFTA’s Antwan Banks shares three reasons why you must attend.

Opportunities for Students as CyberTruck Challenge® Approaches

The National Motor Freight Traffic Association is the proud premier sponsor of the CyberTruck Challenge® once again.

How to Get an Advanced Degree in LTL Cybersecurity, Even if None Technically Exist

No university in the world offers a degree titled Master of Truck Cybersecurity. But that doesn’t mean professionals in the industry can’t achieve what this formal degree would suggest.

Top 10 Cyber Threats Facing the Trucking Industry Today (And What to Do About Them)

NMFTA breaks down the 10 leading cybersecurity threats currently facing the trucking industry, including some insights on how to be ready for them.