We’ve all experienced them—training sessions or conference presentations that leave us more confused than enlightened. Fortunately, while they still surface from time to time, they are becoming increasingly rare.
Cybersecurity evolves quickly, and presenters must ensure their information is current. Outdated or inaccurate insights can lead to poor decisions— often based on data that no longer reflects how threats actually operate.
As an industry, we are beginning to move beyond siloed communication and outdated or overly narrow educational content that fails to keep pace with the rate of change in the industry. Specifically in cybersecurity, since the advent of rapidly advancing Large Language Models (LLMs) this change has only accelerated.
Our training must now be forward-looking, embracing collaborative and innovative approaches that address the full scope and scale of these changes.
This will be the focus of National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc.® (NMFTA)® Cybersecurity Conference in Long Beach, CA and continues to be our focus each and every day.
Another opportunity to strengthen industry collaboration is the recently launched Freight Fraud Prevention Hub (FFPH), a free resource designed to bring transportation stakeholders together to share tools, insights, and educational content focused on reducing exposure to freight fraud and cargo crime.
Alongside this effort, the NMFTA Threat Report Portal—currently in limited beta and expected to expand access later in May—aims to provide additional channels for sharing lessons learned and near real-time intelligence on trends and techniques being witnessed in the freight fraud and cybersecurity arena.
This past month also included field-based training sessions with maintenance and security teams across several fleets. During these sessions, technicians had the opportunity to work hands-on with early prototypes of the TCAT tool—first introduced at last year’s cybersecurity conference—using their own vehicles.
Initial feedback from these fleets during early testing has been valuable in shaping the tool’s development. This beta is especially promising, as it provides a single tool that enables fleets to gain visibility into the security posture of their trucks by conducting their own basic cybersecurity assessments.
On the topic of innovation, and more specifically artificial intelligence (AI), the NMFTA cybersecurity team is finalizing the forthcoming NMFTA Cybersecurity AI Governance Framework. Scheduled for release in June 2026, this resource is intended to provide fleets of all sizes with practical, approachable cybersecurity guidance for securing the cutting edge, AI-enabled tools that are rapidly becoming the backbone of much of the software found throughout the enterprise.
We are excited to bring this resource to the industry as a continuation of our practical, no-frills guidance and frameworks for securing the transportation industry.
We welcome your feedback and ideas as we continue developing future frameworks, resources, and research for the industry: [email protected].
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