Why ISO 27001 Certification is Key for Fleet Management Software

Modern commercial fleets receive, process, and output enormous amounts of data on a daily basis. The types of data handled is long and varied, from customer details, driving routes, and financial information to driver performance, employee details, and company assets. This information is key to optimizing business operations, staying compliant, and maintaining your company reputation. 

Why is data security important for commercial trucking?

Being reliant on data means you must also prioritize the security of your information security management system (ISMS) framework to ensure that it remains accurate and cyber-resilient. With cyberthreats on the rise for businesses, compromised data can mean business disruption, financial loss, and exposed customer and employee information. Data breaches can even result in legal action and fines if you’re found responsible for exposing sensitive information.

How industry standards help protect fleet information

Along with measures to improve cybersecurity on telematics hardware like ELDs, fleets are focusing extra attention on beefing up security for their data frameworks, ensuring that their fleet management software is utilizing industry standards for data privacy and protection. For example, System and Organization Controls 2 (SOC 2 Type II) sets criteria for safeguarding customer data, specifically for cloud service providers. Software providers with this certification have taken extra steps to ensure data security for their services when handling their customers’ important data.

An additional industry standard becoming a key requirement for telematics providers is the ISO 27001 certification, established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). This standard provides companies with guidance for creating, implementing, managing, and continually improving their ISMS. Since it is designed to help organizations become risk-aware and identify and address weaknesses, it assists in proactively battling cyberthreats and preventing security breaches.

This is particularly important in an industry like commercial trucking, where there are numerous safety regulations, measurements, compliance requirements, and data points. Vulnerability in any of these areas can not only put a fleet at risk for hefty fines and business disruption, but could, in the worst case, put drivers and equipment in danger. ISO 27001 compliance is also a sign of confidence for customers, drivers, and stakeholders that a company is taking proactive steps to protect all data that come into its possession. 

Ensure your fleet management software incorporates security standards

Whether you are shopping for a new fleet management solution or working with an existing provider, be sure to check into their standards and procedures for cybersecurity and protection of both physical and digital assets. Putting time and resources into protecting your data not only protects your company reputation and bottom line, it helps ensure your fleet will be operating securely for years to come.

Platform Science has been System and Organization Controls 2 (SOC 2 Type 2) certified for more than four years and is now ISO 27001 certified for its ISMS-supporting infrastructure and services. Additionally, we conduct through testing and maintenance of our hardware devices to keep our fleet partners secure from cyberthreats on the road.

‍View the wide range of secure telematics technologies Platform Science offers commercial fleets, or contact us today to schedule a demo or learn more about our security measures.