Industries / Logistics
Cybersecurity for Logistics Companies
That Cannot Afford Downtime.
Freight brokers, carriers, dispatch teams, moving companies, and logistics operators depend on email, VoIP, TMS, CRM, ELD, GPS, payment systems, and driver communication. EFROS helps protect these critical workflows from ransomware, business email compromise, account takeover, vendor fraud, and operational disruption.
Dispatch downtime maps directly to lost loads
When the TMS or dispatch board goes down, drivers don't get dispatched, EDI 214s don't go out, and shippers start calling. Every hour of outage shows up on a customer scorecard the next quarter. Recovery has to be measured in hours, not days.
BEC against accounts payable rerouting carrier payments
Attackers compromise an AP inbox or spoof a carrier's billing contact, then redirect a wire to a fraud account. Losses run into the high five figures per incident. Defense lives in identity, anti-impersonation controls, and a verification process AP actually follows.
Broker email impersonation and load-board phishing
Fake-broker emails and impersonated dispatcher addresses drive double-brokering, cargo theft, and credential capture against load-board accounts. DMARC enforcement, MTA-STS, and detection content tuned for freight-fraud TTPs are the controls that actually catch this category.
TMS / WMS / CRM exposure across McLeod, MercuryGate, Trimble, BluJay
Dispatch platforms hold EDI integrations, factoring connectors, and shipper API keys. A compromised TMS superuser account is a full operational and financial breach. Hardening, monitoring, and PAM on these platforms are not optional.
VoIP, dispatch phones, and driver-line abuse
SIP-based dispatch phones, toll fraud, and vishing campaigns against drivers and dispatchers are routine. Fraud-control on the VoIP trunk, geo-restriction on outbound dialing, and call-monitoring on dispatcher lines cover the loss patterns insurance won't.
Driver communication channels are a soft target
Driver mobile apps, factoring portals, and ELD-vendor accounts get phished at high volume because the user training budget is thin and the device fleet is mixed BYOD. MFA, conditional access, and mobile threat defense raise the cost of attack without breaking workflow.
ELD, telematics, and GPS fleet devices can't be patched normally
ELDs, AOBRDs, dash cams, and trailer-tracking sensors run firmware on cellular modems outside a typical IT patch cadence. Segmentation, vendor-risk monitoring, and detection content on geolocation anomalies close the gap that endpoint patching cannot.
Payment-fraud against factoring, fuel cards, and quick-pay
Compromised factoring accounts, fuel-card skimming, and fraudulent quick-pay redirects extract working capital fast. Identity monitoring on these accounts, anomaly detection on payment flows, and an incident playbook tuned for finance recovery are the difference between a $5k loss and a $500k one.
Ransomware against carriers, brokers, and 3PLs is now routine
Operators in trucking are being hit at a rate that matches healthcare and manufacturing. Immutable backups, network segmentation, EDR with real-time isolation, and a tested DR runbook are the controls that turn a ransomware event into hours of disruption, not weeks.
Weak Microsoft 365 posture across hybrid driver / office workforce
Default M365 tenants leave Conditional Access untuned, MFA inconsistent across driver mobile apps, and audit logging at a level that doesn't satisfy a customer security review. Hardening M365 is the single highest-leverage control for a logistics operator and is usually the first finding in our assessments.
What we deliver for carriers, brokers, and 3PLs
TMS / WMS / Dispatch Security
Hardened deployments and monitoring across McLeod, MercuryGate, Trimble, BluJay, and custom dispatch platforms. Includes integration security for EDI, API, and load-board connectors.
ELD & Telematics Security
Network segmentation for fleet IoT, vendor-risk monitoring on ELD providers, and detection content for tampering or anomalous geolocation patterns. Built around what FMCSA actually expects you to be able to demonstrate.
24/7 SOC Tuned for Freight-Fraud TTPs
Detection content for double-brokering signatures, MC-number identity abuse, fake-carrier patterns, and BEC variations specific to logistics AP. Plus standard SIEM correlation across IT, identity, and email.
Identity & Access for Brokers, Drivers, and Load Boards
MFA and conditional access across broker portals, factoring platforms, driver mobile apps, and load-board accounts. Privileged access management for dispatch admins and TMS superusers.
Ransomware-Resistant Backup & DR
Immutable, air-gapped backups for TMS, WMS, accounting, and dispatch. DR runbooks tested under live conditions. RTO targets contracted per workload tier in the service agreement.
Terminal, Yard, and Cross-Dock Connectivity
SD-WAN with carrier diversity for terminals, yards, and cross-docks. Zero-touch provisioning so a new yard goes live without a network engineer on site.
Compliance frameworks we operate against
Logistics FAQ
How do you defend against double-brokering and freight fraud?
Double-brokering is an identity and process problem before it's a network problem. We harden the identity layer for broker portals and factoring accounts, layer in detection content for the specific TTPs (MC-number identity abuse, fake-carrier patterns, anomalous payment redirects), and work with operations on the verification steps that actually catch a fraudulent carrier before the load is released. Email filtering alone does not solve this category.
Can you secure TMS and ELD systems without breaking integrations?
Yes. Our engineers have delivered hardening and monitoring across McLeod, MercuryGate, Trimble, BluJay, and custom TMS environments without disrupting EDI 204/210/214 flows, factoring integrations, or carrier APIs. ELD and telematics get covered through network segmentation and vendor-risk monitoring rather than endpoint changes that would void carrier compliance.
What's the right approach when ransomware hits dispatch?
Our SOC contains the incident, isolates the affected systems, and activates a pre-tested recovery runbook. Immutable backups restore TMS, WMS, and accounting to clean infrastructure. Restart sequencing aligns with operations so dispatch comes back before the customer-facing systems do. The goal is hours of downtime, not days, and that requires the runbook to be tested before the incident, not written during it.
Do you support C-TPAT and TAPA cybersecurity requirements?
Yes. We map controls against C-TPAT minimum security criteria for cybersecurity and against TAPA FSR for facilities handling high-value freight. Evidence is collected continuously, so when an audit, customer security review, or insurance-renewal questionnaire shows up, the answer set is already documented.
Ready for a logistics IT & fraud-prevention assessment?
Start with the 60-second free Security Score. We evaluate your domain, email authentication, web posture, brand exposure, infrastructure, and compliance signals — then walk you through what an authenticated TMS / M365 / ELD assessment would add.