The Transport and Logistics sector is increasingly the victim of cybercrime. Companies should therefore take measures to ensure the integrity of data traffic. That is the conclusion of ABN Amro, TLN and AON Risk Solutions in the report 'Cybersecurity for logistics service providers'.
The survey shows that companies do little to prevent cyber attacks. For instance, 54 per cent of companies are insufficiently secured against cyber risks. As many as 63 per cent were once faced with malware and 10 per cent were victims of ransomware.
The report shows that the sector has a major responsibility in terms of cybersecurity due to its chain position. Digital risks pose a major threat to the continuity of organisations due to the interrelation of cyber risks with other risks. The parties recommend that companies give greater priority to internal digital information security. Indeed, the criminal act would often be committed from within the internal organisation. Staff should therefore be better screened. This currently happens at only 53.7 per cent of companies.
To safeguard their own continuity and that of customers, companies do well to invest in IT and data protection. "In this competitive and increasingly data-driven and IT-dependent sector, margins are thin and delivery reliability is increasingly important," said Dennis de Hoog, managing consultant at risk advisor Aon. "Logistics service providers cannot afford to suffer continuity and financial loss. That is bad for both the company and the customer. This is why logistics service providers do well to put cybersecurity on the agenda and take risk management seriously."
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