Can Your Business Sustain a Cyber Attack?

  CREATING A PASSWORD This is the final blog post in our series highlighting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency efforts on the “Do Your Part – #BeCyberSmart” campaign for October, the National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The cyber awareness topic for today is How to Create a CyberSmart Password. Today’s 8 tips on creating a password come courtesy of the National Cybersecurity Alliance and The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency. We are sharing this valuable information to the trade community in order to help raise industry awareness and hopefully prevent cyber incidents. Creating a strong […]

Arguably no phrase has dominated the tech world the last 24 months more than the term “data breach.” From breaches that have impacted critical infrastructure like the Colonial Pipeline to ransomware attacks on CMA and CGM, the last two years have been saturated by headlines of cybersecurity mishaps. Yet, despite the prevalence of the breach-centric news cycle, many people may not know what exactly data breaches are, how they typically start, and why they occur. According to IBM, the average time it takes to identify that a breach has occurred is 287 days, with the average time to contain a […]

The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic in lost lives and economic disruption is tremendous. The pandemic has also caused unprecedented changes in the way we work. Many individuals throughout every sector of business are now working remotely. This includes the transportation sector, particularly as more state governments across the country impose stricter guidelines to stem the spread of the coronavirus. According to the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA), customs broker and freight forwarder offices – large and small – throughout the United States are increasingly having employees work from home. The trade has shown confidence is […]