With the trucking industry touching every aspect of America’s supply chain, it is more important than ever for fleets to protect their transportation management systems (TMS).
According to a 2022 report from transport and logistics industry software provider Magnus Technologies, it takes transportation companies 192 days on average to detect a breach and another 60 days to contain it. Magnus recommends companies move to a scalable cloud-based server as opposed to owning a local server to protect their systems.
Ben Wiesen, president of freight management software company Carrier Logistics Inc., said logistics and trucking companies are changing their philosophies on how they store data, and he has seen more opt for the cloud-based approach.
“There has been a dramatic shift,” he said. “If I were to relate that back to my own business of providing technology to LTL trucking companies, over the last five years I've only had one new client request that we do an on-premise deployment of the application. Every other new client has lucidly wanted a cloud-based deployment.”
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