{"id":12393,"date":"2021-09-22T17:16:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/?p=12393"},"modified":"2021-09-22T17:16:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:16:48","slug":"cybersecurity-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/2021\/09\/22\/cybersecurity-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced truck technologies create new cybersecurity concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

An American Trucking Associations’ TMC taskforce is updating the organization’s cybersecurity measures and recommended practices to help motor carriers pinpoint and prevent vulnerabilities to cyber attacks.<\/p>\n

CLEVELAND, Ohio\u2014As the world moves toward more advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and connected vehicle technologies, the trucking industry is expected to realize added safety and efficiency benefits. But with those benefits come new opportunities for cyber-attacks.<\/p>\n

In more traditional trucks, the driver has typically been considered the single point of failure for the vehicle\u2019s safety and security while on the road, noted Wally Stegall, technical fellow and director at The Morey Corporation<\/a>, during the American Trucking Associations\u2019 Technology & Maintenance Council\u2019s 2021 fall meeting. Moving forward, however, ADAS and automated systems are creating multi-points of failure for cyber safety and security.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe important thing to note is cybersecurity is extremely important,\u201d Stegall, a participating member of ATA\u2019s cybersecurity taskforce, said. \u201cIn our future world it\u2019s not about a driver having a bad day because something went wrong from a maintenance standpoint; you\u2019ve got an entire fleet having a bad day, week, or month. As we look at cybersecurity, safety, condition-based maintenance, and integrated vehicle health management, we need to tear down the institutional and operational divisions between design, enterprise, maintenance, and IT.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stegall stressed the importance of including cybersecurity and safety in the design of all commercial vehicle systems.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt will take a significant amount of energy for the industry to change because instead of having a 10-year design cycle for a vehicle platform, we\u2019re now looking at a much shorter design cycle and newer technologies coming at us,\u201d Stegall pointed out. \u201cWhile we advance cybersecurity, we also need to be proactive in our recommended practices to give feedback to the rest of the industry in a timely manner, so that we\u2019re part of the design process as well as the recommended practice process.<\/p>\n

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During the TMC meeting, ATA announced it is updating Fleet CyWatch<\/a>, a TMC and Transportation Security Council program that assists fleet members in reporting information about trucking-related cybercrimes and attacks. According to Dan Horvath, ATA\u2019s VP of safety policy, a benefit of the program is intelligence sharing.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of you being responsible for tracking cybersecurity incidents and threats and trying to figure out how it could impact trucking operations, Fleet CyWatch is a subscription service where we do the work on our end and get it over to you,\u201d he explained. \u201cIt helps you stay aware of the issues and offers training solutions and awareness in how to prevent vulnerabilities to particular attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n

ATA has also ramped up talks and involvement with the Transportation Security Administration to share the issues fleets are experiencing on the cybersecurity front. One potential issue that Horvath mentioned is cybersecurity vulnerabilities with electronic logging devices<\/a>. Horvath also pointed out that acceleration to 5G networks is a concern.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile this isn\u2019t necessarily a cybersecurity issue, there are a number of ELD providers out there that rely on 3G to transmit ELDs,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is becoming problematic on the ELD front, and we have an ELD taskforce talking about that issue to see how we can rectify that problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

ATA has also partnered with Hudson Analytix to deliver CyMetrics<\/a>, a cyber-risk management program for the trucking industry. CyMetrics aims to help trucking companies enhance the oversight and management of their cybersecurity program by identifying factors contributing to and determining the company\u2019s overall risk. The program assesses a company\u2019s cybersecurity preparedness and evaluates whether preparedness is aligned with cyber risks. CyMetrics then helps fleets determine risk-management practices and actions to be taken to achieve the desired state of cybersecurity preparedness.<\/p>\n

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William Elkins, CTO for Hudson Analytix, was quick to point out that one solution does not solve all the cybersecurity issues that the trucking industry faces. He emphasized the importance of creating a bridge between a carrier\u2019s IT department and management team to better identify where cybersecurity gaps exist in practices, technology, controls, or incident management.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just an IT problem, but it typically falls on IT and technical departments within your organization to identify these gaps,\u201d Elkins said. \u201cManagement sometimes struggles with why it\u2019s important to do these things. Our goal here is to create the path to closing those gaps.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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By Cristina Commendatore<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Source: https:\/\/www.fleetowner.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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