Findings show that sector is in need of improved performance, security, and visibility in their network infrastructure to support accelerated IT transformation and AI Adoption efforts

SANTA CLARA, Calif.: Aryaka®, the leader in and first to deliver Unified SASE as a Service, today announced the release of a new research report exploring networking and security challenges and trends in the transportation and logistics industry. Conducted by GatePoint Research, the report (“The State of Network Security in Transportation & Logistics”) surveyed senior executives across the transportation and logistics sector, revealing a growing demand for simplification, stronger observability, better protection against ransomware, and support for hybrid application environments.

Transportation and logistics enterprises are undergoing a period of rapid technical transformation. They rely heavily on both physical and digital infrastructure to support modern, distributed IT environments. Furthermore, as supply chains become more connected, cloud-enabled, and AI-enabled network complexity and cybersecurity risk have increased. Organizations now operate global, hybrid environments supporting warehouses, fleets, air and sea transport, and real-time systems. These changes have all created an urgent need for resilient, high-performance, and secure network infrastructure.

Respondents Grapple with Managing Costs, Ransomware Threats, and GenAI Challenges in their Network Environments

Transportation and logistics organizations indicated that their top networking and network security priority over the next 12 months is simplifying and lowering network costs (70%), followed by enhancing network performance and security visibility (57%) and reducing workload on IT teams (51%). This demonstrates the importance of better operational efficiency and visibility for transportation and logistics firms, with organizations looking to minimize manual oversight and gain more transparent insights into performance and risk.

Other key findings include:

• Cybersecurity is Top Daily Challenge: Organizations said that staying ahead of cybersecurity threats (81%) is the biggest day-to-day networking challenge, followed by cost-effective modernization (62%) and understaffed IT teams (60%).
• Ransomware Vexes the Industry: Ransomware and malware threats (77%) are the top network security concern in the industry, with policy enforcement (66%) and remote access control (64%) close behind.
• Organizations Aren’t Ready for GenAI Challenges: Only 28% of respondents have started implementing solutions to mitigate GenAI network and security challenges, while 56% are either still evaluating GenAI risks or are unprepared.
• Hybrid IT Infrastructure Dominates: Three quarters of respondents (74%) rely on a hybrid mix of private data centers and cloud environments, making flexibility and connectivity across environments critical.
• Legacy Apps Moving to the Cloud: Most respondents are actively migrating or planning to migrate legacy apps to the cloud, introducing transitional complexity.

The report’s findings complement and contrast with the insights from Aryaka’s recent State of Network Security in Manufacturing (2024) report. According to the data from each report, both industries prioritize cost control, visibility, and network modernization, while limited IT resources make modernization difficult. However, transportation respondents place more emphasis on mobility and remote access control. In addition, transportation and logistics organizations demonstrated a slightly lower readiness for GenAI adoption.

“To gain agility and accommodate rapidly evolving supply chains, transportation and logistics enterprises are relying more on hybrid IT, highly distributed cloud deployments, and GenAI. But these technologies are introducing new network performance, security, and visibility challenges that the sector hasn’t been equipped to effectively manage with legacy infrastructure,” said Ken Rutsky, Chief Marketing Officer at Aryaka. “The industry needs to modernize their approach to networking to mitigate these challenges and successfully move their businesses into the future. Solutions such as Aryaka Unified SASE as a service provides the best path forward via network and security convergence, giving transportation and logistics firms enhanced network performance, security, and observability at scale across their highly distributed, hybrid environments.”

The report reflects the challenges felt by several Aryaka customers within the transportation and logistics sector. As Rajeev Nair, General Manager of IT Infrastructure and Security at global airline and cargo carrier Cathay Pacific, explained in a 2024 Aryaka press release, “Aryaka’s Unified SASE solution and managed services will support Cathay’s growth as network demand increases, while allowing us to remain agile and secure in the process. As we continue to rebuild our business, we need a partner that could have an impact on our network and security, limit downtime and interruptions, and give us the flexibility to expand our network and bandwidth with less lead time. ”

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About Aryaka

Aryaka is the leader and first to deliver Unified SASE as a Service, the only SASE solution designed and built to deliver performance, agility, simplicity and security without tradeoffs. Aryaka meets customers where they are on their unique converged network security journeys, enabling them to seamlessly modernize, optimize and transform their networking and security environments. Aryaka’s flexible delivery options empower enterprises to choose their preferred approach for implementation and management. Hundreds of global enterprises, including several in the Fortune 100, depend on Aryaka for cloud-based software-defined networking and security services. For more on Aryaka, please visit www.aryaka.com.

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Fonte: Business Wire