Transport firms grapple with cybersecurity gaps amid digital push: Report, ETInfra
Transport firms grapple with cybersecurity gaps amid digital push: Report, ETInfra
Publish Date: 2026-06-01 06:43:00
Source Domain: infra.economictimes.indiatimes.com
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Cybersecurity-related concerns were identified as the biggest barrier to digital technology adoption by 36% of surveyed organisations.Transport and logistics operators are facing growing human, technical and regulatory cybersecurity challenges as the sector accelerates digital transformation, according to a recent joint study by Kaspersky and VDC Research.The study, titled “Driving Cyber Resilience Across Transportation and Logistics”, said that around 68 per cent of transport and logistics organisations expect to become fully digital within the next two years, compared with less than 5 per cent today.However, the growing deployment of connected systems for fleet visibility, predictive maintenance, and terminal operations is expanding cyberattack exposure across cyber-physical systems, remote access pathways, and third-party integrations.As per the report, cybersecurity-related concerns were identified as the biggest barrier to digital technology adoption by 36 per cent of surveyed organisations.The study found that the primary drivers behind digital transformation in the sector include improving throughput and network efficiency (31 per cent), building cyber resilience (27 per cent), enabling new business models (16 per cent) and reducing operational costs (10 per cent).Kaspersky said the findings show cybersecurity is increasingly being treated as a prerequisite for digitalisation rather than a constraint.However, the report noted that stakeholder coordination gaps (28 per cent) and shortages in skills, staffing and budgets (26 per cent each) remain major obstacles for the sector.The average operational disruption linked to cybersecurity incidents was nearly 12 hours, the study found.Kaspersky said downtime in interconnected freight and logistics networks can trigger cascading disruptions across supply chains, schedules and partner operations beyond the initial outage period.Cyber-physical systems security should be integrated into enterprise risk and resilience planning rather than treated solely as an IT function, the report noted. The study recommended that cybersecurity controls in transport and logistics environments should prioritise uptime, operational continuity, and OT-aware detection systems capable of identifying subtle behavioural anomalies.
Published On Jun 1, 2026 at 04:13 PM IST
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