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Strengthening cybersecurity
The cyber storm hitting transport and logistics – and how businesses can weather it
The transport and logistics sector has become one of the most exposed battlegrounds in an escalating cyber war. As highvalue, high pressure, time-critical operations that rely on complex digital ecosystems and real-time data to keep goods moving, transport and logistics businesses present one of the largest and most attractive attack surfaces for cybercriminals.
In an industry where disruption is measured not in hours but in missed deliveries, broken contracts and lost customer trust, a single cyber incident can immobilize fleets, paralyze supply chains and cost millions. Yet too many organizations still treat cybersecurity as a purely technical issue, rather than the core business risk it has become.
That complacency is increasingly dangerous. The NCSC reported handling a record 204 nationally significant cyber attacks against UK operations in 2025 up to September, up from 89 the previous year. Similarly, the UK is expected to face its worst year on record for ransomware attacks in 2025 with an estimated 19,000 businesses being affected. Ransomware-as-a-service has also lowered the bar, enabling young, tech-savvy criminals to launch ever more sophisticated attacks. Regrettably, transport
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