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2021-2022 NMFTA Officers Elected

Tim Vander Pol Chairman Peninsula Truck Lines, Inc. Mike Morgan Vice Chairman B & H Freight Line, Inc. Lesley Veldstra Killingsworth Treasurer Polaris Transportation Debbie Sparks Secretary National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc.

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National Motor Freight Traffic Association Agrees to Assume Administration of Digital LTL Council

Organization Formed in 2020 to Support and Transform Less-Than-Truckload Industry Will Benefit From Knowledge, Resources of Established Outfit ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The National Motor Freight Traffic Association has announced an agreement to take over the administration and directorship of the Digital…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…