NexusSec.Why logistics networks fail differently
A freight forwarder or CFS operator is multi-site by definition: a head office, one or more yards or container stations, often a warehouse and a branch near the port. Those sites are rarely in places with good connectivity, and they frequently run on whatever broadband was available when the site opened.
The systems that matter - customs filing, EDI to shipping lines, the transport management system, the weighbridge - are unforgiving about connectivity. A link that drops for ten minutes does not merely inconvenience someone; it stops a document being filed, which stops a container moving, which is a cost somebody will notice by the end of the day.
The workaround staff invent is always the same, and it is always a security problem: files emailed to personal accounts, shared drives opened up so the yard can reach them, remote access left permanently on for a vendor who set something up once.
The sector is actively targeted
Logistics has become one of the more attractive targets for ransomware operators in India, for a straightforward commercial reason: the cost of downtime is immediate and visible, which makes a victim more likely to pay quickly. A business that cannot release cargo is under pressure in hours, not weeks.
What we do
- SD-WAN across your sites so head office, yards and warehouse behave like one network, with automatic failover to a second link when the primary drops - and the line costs worked out before anything is ordered.
- Network design for sites that were never designed, including the yard office that was connected in an afternoon three years ago.
- VAPT when a shipping line, a large customer or an insurer asks you to prove the network is secure.
- Segmentation so the machine used for customs filing is not on the same flat network as the CCTV recorder and the visitor Wi-Fi.
- Ongoing management and monitoring, because a multi-site network with nobody watching it is how small link problems become billing problems.
Where we work
We are based in Airoli, which puts us close to the corridor most of this industry operates in - JNPT and Nhava Sheva, the CFS and ICD cluster around Panvel and Uran, the warehousing belt at Bhiwandi, and the freight offices across Navi Mumbai and Mumbai. We attend site across that area and deliver remotely across India.