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NMFTA Releases Whitepaper on Secure Device Provisioning Best Practices: Heavy Truck Edition

Alexandria, Virginia – November 21, 2019 — To address a rapidly evolving threat landscape, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA), comprised of motor carriers operating in interstate, intrastate and foreign commerce, today unveiled a new whitepaper on the best…

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM): Own IT. Secure IT. Protect IT. Every October, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) and National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) collaborate “to ensure every American has the resources they need to stay safe and secure…

Heavy Vehicle Cyber Security Updates

For immediate release In 2018, NMFTA began a long-term industry research project to gather real-world CAN (Controller Area Network) bus data for heavy vehicle researchers investigating potential cyber security vulnerabilities of Class 7 and 8 trucks. The National Science Foundation…

Power Architecture Research Collaboration

The National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. (NMFTA), NXP® Semiconductors and GRIMM, a cybersecurity research firm, recently partnered to conduct an R&D project focused on Power Architecture®, also known as PowerPC®, a technology commonly found in automotive ECUs, to determine…

NMFTA’s Intellignet Network Defense Tool Updated to Run on Apache Web Server

The National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. (NMFTA)’s Bouncer appliance has been updated to run on an Apache web server, improving its production capabilities. Although originally developed as an internal tool, NMFTA decided to offer it as a free resource…

NMFTA Publishes Extreme Fast Charging Cybersecurity Requirements for Medium and heavy Duty Electric Vehicles

The National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. (NMFTA) announced today the public release of a technical report entitled Extreme Fast Charging (XFC) Cybersecurity Threats, Use Cases and Requirements for Medium and Heavy Duty Electric Vehicles. The technical report was prepared…

NMFTA Releases Open Telematics API

The National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. (NMFTA) is pleased to announce release 1.0 of the Open Telematics API (OTAPI) to enable business resiliency for motor freight carriers with tight integrations into Telematics Service Providers (TSPs). The Open Telematics API…

NMFTA Releases Cyber Security Templates for Telematics Systems Procurement Process

The National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. (NMFTA) is pleased to announce the release of v1.0 of the Request for Proposal (RFP) templates for use by motor freight carriers during the telematics system procurement process. The RFP templates were created…

Intelligent Network Defense Tool Helps Organizations Strengthen Cyber Posture

With current cyber security compliance standards and enterprise change management processes, it is becoming nearly impossible for organizations to dynamically and in real-time react to malicious traffic without having to go through a complex approval and review process or rely…