A consortium of companies and agencies wants to improve cybersecurity within logistics. By performing an ethical hack at several companies, it will get an overview of vulnerabilities in the logistics sector.
The consortium consists of TNO, Transport en Logistiek Nederland (TLN), SmartPort, Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN), Port of Rotterdam Authority, Cargonaut and REQON Security. The project should deliver concrete advice and raise awareness about this form of crime. This is necessary, say the initiators, as 40 per cent of companies in logistics have had to deal with some form of cybercrime or hacking. Innovations such as the development of autonomous transport and self-organising logistics increase the need for protection against cyber attacks.
Ethical hack at SMEs
The consortium is looking for 12 logistics (SME) companies willing to have an ethical hack performed on their systems. These companies will pay a small fee and get an impression of the current status of their security against cybercrime. At the same time, the ethical hack provides (anonymised) information for the entire project.
Best practices and tools
Medium-sized and small companies in the logistics chain can also be approached by their industry association in spring 2019 to fill in a short online questionnaire. The results are expected in early 2020 in the form of best-practices and concrete tools to improve the cybersecurity of companies in the logistics chain. These will be distributed via the industry associations, among others.
