November 20, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Join us on Thursday, November 30, 2025, for an eye-opening session uncovering the top 10 cybersecurity gaps most frequently identified in fleet security assessments—and learn how outdated assumptions about IT, managed service providers (MSPs), and cloud security may be putting your company at risk.
Description
Led by Artie Crawford, Director of Cybersecurity for NMFTA, and Melanie Padron of IT ArchiTeks, this educational webinar will equip trucking leaders with the insights and practical knowledge they need to initiate meaningful conversations, strengthen fleet defenses, and protect company profits in today’s evolving threat landscape.
Key Takeaways:
- Identify where reliance on outdated IT or MSP practices can create exposure
- Understand the most common vulnerabilities in trucking cybersecurity
- Learn actionable steps to begin closing critical cyber gaps within your fleet
Meet Your Speakers
Artie Crawford, CISSP, CISM is the Director of Cybersecurity at the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. (NMFTA)TM.
Artie is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in cybersecurity strategy and deep technical expertise in addressing complex cybersecurity challenges. He possesses a thorough understanding of the tools, techniques, procedures, and attack vectors employed by cyber adversaries.
Artie has a proven track record of providing strategic guidance, collaboration, and engineering support to a wide range of organizations, including state and local governments, educational institutions, intelligence agencies, transportation authorities, and the Department of Defense, all in support of their cybersecurity missions.
Throughout his distinguished career, Artie has held pivotal roles at organizations such as the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Microsoft, MITRE, and others. His work has been centered on developing advanced techniques and tools for real-world operations.
A 27-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Artie retired in 2011 as the Cybersecurity Chief of the Marine Corps, where he served as the Senior Technical Advisor to the CIO and Director of C4.
Melanie Padron, is Vice President of Strategic Growth at IT ArchiTeks. Melanie is a risk management expert and nationally recognized cybersecurity speaker on a mission to protect companies from modern cyber threats. After spending over 20 years in the insurance industry helping businesses recover from disasters, she now focuses on stopping those disasters before they happen through proactive cybersecurity and the smart use of AI.
She’s been in the trenches after ransomware attacks, helping companies rebuild after systems were encrypted and millions were lost. But today, she helps companies avoid that pain altogether by building cyber resilience before crisis strikes.
