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    NMFTA confirms that cybersecurity will become one of the most pressing challenges for fleets in 2025.
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    AS400/IBMi systems are far from immune to security challenges. Modern cybersecurity best practices can minimize companies' vulnerabilities.
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    Volvo Autonomous Solutions
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    To be viable for middle-mile operations, autonomous trucks will need a suite of dedicated, coordinated infrastructure assets. Sasko Cuklev, head of on-road solutions for Volvo...
    Nov. 21, 2024

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    Cybercriminals keep changing the way they attack, which is why our security needs to do the same.
    Oct. 21, 2024

    Bosch Mobility
    Bosch Mobility hosted media to showcase multiple new safety, connectivity, and trailering technologies that are currently available for OEMs to implement into their new models. These innovations in safety and convenience in automotive could easily be adapted to the fleet segment.
    How will the mobility space look in the next few years? Bosch pulls back the curtain on innovations featuring by-wire technology, trailering capabilities, and cloud-based management...
    Sept. 23, 2024

    Platform Science
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    Having achieved this internationally recognized standard demonstrates Platform Science’s commitment to ensuring the security of its data.
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    Ryder System
    A simple camera feed transmits data to a remote computer vision application that can identify vehicles’ license plates, DOT numbers, and other relevant textual information.
    Ryder System and Terminal Industries used a computer vision technology to automatically index and analyze trucks and trailers at a California warehouse. After 10,000 truck detections...
    Aug. 21, 2024

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    V2X technology allows vehicles to communicate with each other, other road users, roadside infrastructure, and more. The goal of using this technology is to “enable a more safe, secure, and efficient transportation system.'
    The Department of Transportation’s ‘Saving Lives with Connectivity: A Plan to Accelerate V2X Deployment’ aims to connect moving vehicles with other vehicles, infrastructure, cyclists...
    Aug. 20, 2024
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    The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration warns registered entities of fake phishing emails posing as the agency. Cyber criminals targeted registered entities of the FMCSA to gain private information.
    While cybercriminals are becoming more advanced through AI, training employees to identify suspicious emails can go a long way toward protecting your fleet's sensitive data.
    Aug. 13, 2024

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    Trailer telematics technology is powering efficient fleet management. As suppliers continue to optimize equipment and data, the future is looking more productive, reliable, and...
    Aug. 8, 2024

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    In the wake of the CrowdStrike outage, cloud-based and multi-tenant software solutions might have the best chance at a quick recovery from catastrophic updates.
    July 30, 2024
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    In an Oprah-like fashion, the transportation technology company introduced its new Connected Workflows, Connected Training, and Asset Tag at its Beyond User Conference.
    June 28, 2024
    The State of Connected Operations | Samsara
    More than 1,550 fleet leaders were surveyed across seven countries to understand where the industry stands with AI integrations. The results were compiled into Samsara’s report. The report’s main findings outlined where fleets are using AI today, the benefits of AI within fleet operations, and what fleets can expect from AI in the future.
    A new report from Samsara details fleet leaders’ opinions of artificial intelligence: Where it's benefiting operations, where it’s currently used, what they expect from it, and...
    June 11, 2024
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    Attackers can use phishing or API vulnerabilities to insert ransomware into fleets' critical systems, potentially disabling the systems entirely.
    Phishing and API security are hackers’ main forms of attack against fleets. Here is how they work and how fleets can defend against them.
    May 3, 2024
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    Digital threats are on the rise. Proactive measures—staff training and employing cybersecurity teams—help ensure your fleet is protected.
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    Digital threats are on the rise. Proactive measures—staff training and employing cybersecurity teams—help ensure your fleet is protected.
    April 30, 2024
    Drivewyze
    Drivewyze is partnering with leading transportation agencies across the U.S. to deliver essential safety alerts and advisories through Drivewyze Free to truck drivers and fleets at no cost.
    Through Drivewyze Free, Drivewyze partners with leading transportation agencies throughout the country to provide safety alerts and advisories at no cost to truck drivers and ...
    March 22, 2024
    Upstream
    Yoav Levy, Upstream's cofounder and CEO, addressing a group of automotive journalists and Justine Johnson (far right), Michigan’s chief mobility officer, at the company's U.S. headquarters in Ann Arbor.
    Upstream aims to stay ahead of the ever-evolving cyber landscape by enabling generative AI in its operations.
    March 21, 2024
    Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems
    Connectivity and data access remain essential parts of Bendix’s strategy for its advanced driver assistance system solutions suite. The go-forward combination will be a powerful tool to address customer needs.
    Connectivity and data access remain essential parts of Bendix’s strategy for its advanced driver assistance system solutions suite. The go-forward combination will be a powerful...
    March 12, 2024
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    VTNA's Magnus Gustafson, VP, connected services, highlights the advantages of improved connectivity with the new Volvo VNL.
    Increased uptime delivered by data-based maintenance and key product design elements
    March 6, 2024
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    Ben Gardiner, NMFTA senior cybersecurity research engineer, demonstrates how hackers can attack a tanker’s ABS controller using RF-induced signals.
    Engineer raises cybersecurity concerns for fleet equipment using just $300 to disable a trailer's brake controller. 'This is a dangerous form of hacker exploitation because there...
    Nov. 3, 2023
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