Heavy Duty Trucking, March 2020
Trucking companies should be not just concerned over cybersecurity but rather both paranoid and laser focused on it Ben Wiesen Carrier Logistics assistant vice president Gallagher Bassett a risk and claims management company with offices worldwide In these attacks a typical scenario is an organization receives an e mail that appears to come from a trusted vendor or customer asking for funds to be wired to a new bank account she says Believing the request is legitimate a company makes a payment only to discover later it has been the victim of a fraud Social engineering attacks can also be where cybercriminals take bits of data from many different entities and splice that together to formulate enough information to access email systems logins and passwords or privileged information for credit applications McClouds Barnes explains What part of your business is most susceptible In general criminals will go where the money is so back office systems are often prime targets because of their access to company banking and other accounts Hackers will frequently target the companys bookkeeper or CFO or those who work with them Jaffe explains While where you might be attacked will depend upon how your security is set up Reynolds says that most phishing will hit your back office But you must also be aware of any old computers perhaps in the shop that have access to your management system It is difficult but always attempt to do an inventory of everything you have The number one rule is to know what you have she says Pinpoint attacks often target accounting and HR because those personnel have control of cash disbursements Barnes adds But he agrees that companies must be aware of attacks from something that doesnt on the face of it look suspicious such as spoofed email that appears to come from the president of the company PHOTO GETTYIMAGES COM ECLIPSE_ IMAGES MARCH 2020 HDT 41 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM
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