Cybersecurity and Freight Shipping

eBay & Other Ecommerce Shipping

We seem to hear almost daily in the news about more and more mass-scale cyberattacks and hacks. Many may not believe it, but cybersecurity and freight shipping go hand in hand. So far this year alone, we’ve seen disruptions in major industries such as the meat and oil supply chains, which has had a big impact on the overall economy and the supply and demand framework. Keeping your supply chain secure when it comes to cybersecurity and freight shipping is becoming a top priority for logistics managers everywhere as our industry moves more into the digital age of freight.

Cybersecurity and Freight Shipping

When you think of freight shipping, you might only think of warehouses with fast-moving forklifts, pallets stacked, and freight trucks being loaded. It may not seem like there is much of a digital process. Still, freight shipping has also moved to a digital process and has become prone to potential cyberattacks and digital disruptions.

Supply chain networks nowadays are run tighter than ever before and rely on software to keep them connected and moving at the appropriate pace. Different departments communicate with each other digitally for a more streamlined, efficient process. But that also comes with the risk of everything falling out of order very fast when something in the digital process is compromised or hacked. The Colonial pipeline hack, for example, caused a great stir in the supply and demand of gas. Similar situations can be found with the JBS hack on the meat supply.

With the current economic conditions, such as limited supply and increasing demand, and the capacity crunch in the freight shipping industry, the risks of cyberattacks happening to capitalize on these conditions and the level of impact they have been increasing substantially. They cause delays, inventory mismanagement, and other costly impacts your business cannot afford.