Payment and email fraud
Email protection so your domain can't be spoofed, two-step sign-in on every account, and a phone-back rule for any payment change that arrives by email.
Freight & Logistics
IT for freight, from someone who ran freight.
Brokers, carriers, 3PLs, warehouses, and supply-chain companies. Twelve years inside freight operations, applied to the technology those operations run on.
Quick answer
What IT does a freight brokerage or 3PL need?
A freight business needs the same foundation as any office — help desk, protected email, two-step sign-in, backups — plus controls for the risks freight carries: spoofed payment instructions, shared load-board logins, and warehouse Wi-Fi that drops scanners. Gold Bird Group covers both under the Gold Bird IT Plan, run by an operator with twelve years in brokerage, carrier, and warehouse operations.
Who we work with
The whole freight chain.
- Freight brokers
- Carriers and fleets
- 3PLs and 4PLs
- Warehouses and distribution centers
- Supply-chain and manufacturing companies
What's different in freight
Where freight businesses lose money.
Load boards, freight software, portals
Every dispatcher on their own login, passwords in a manager, access removed the day someone leaves. No shared load-board accounts.
The warehouse floor
Wi-Fi down the aisles, scanners that roam without dropping, label printers that keep the dock moving — on the Warehouse Floor add-on.
AI for the desk
Customer routing rules answered in seconds, carrier packets checked for missing items, rate confirmations compared to the tender. Your team still makes every call.
Why us
Credentials.
12 years operating
Driver, broker, operations manager, warehouse manager — front-line freight experience.
TIA Fraud Vendor Advisory Committee (2025–2026)
Member of the industry's primary freight-fraud working group.
CompTIA Security+ CE
DoD 8570 / 8140 IAT Level II. Issued Jan 2025.
USTRANSCOM briefed via D74
The founder's other company, D74 Technologies, briefed USTRANSCOM on supply chain trust intelligence and freight fraud.
Methodology
One framework underneath the work.
Our Zero Trust Freight Security Framework is adapted from FEMA 426 — the federal Reference Manual to Mitigate Potential Terrorist Attacks Against Buildings — and tuned to the freight chain. FEMA's layered defense architecture for fixed sites becomes a six-layer model for freight movement: vetting, tracking setup, pickup, loading, in-transit, delivery.
The framework shapes what we publish and every control we put in place for a freight client. The lineage matters because the standard is recognized: insurance underwriters, defense customers, and federal auditors recognize FEMA vocabulary on sight.
By request only
Security assessments.
Physical and operational security assessments for freight and logistics operations, built on the framework above. Taken on by request only and scoped individually in writing — not every request is accepted.
Facility security assessment
A physical and operational review of a warehouse, terminal, or yard: access, dock procedures, visitor handling, camera coverage, and the gaps between them. Written findings and options.
Freight fraud prevention review
Your procedures reviewed against the four entry points criminals use: double brokering, cargo theft, dispatcher spoofing, and payment fraud. Written findings and options.
Social engineering test
Phone, email, and in-person tests of the people who can release freight or change payment details. Reported by role and control, never by named staff. Signed authorization letter required.
Physical penetration test
Attempts to walk in, tailgate, or collect freight without authorization — then a report of what worked. Signed authorization letter and scope agreement required.
Assessment deliverables are informational: findings and options, with every decision about carriers, staff, and operations left to you. Ask about an assessment →
Related reading
From the operator's notebook
Logistics Security6 min read
The Overlooked Front Desk Risk: A Common Weakness in Logistics Facilities
The device found at OpenAI sat in a USB port behind a TV. In many warehouses the same port faces the visitor window, a foot from anyone with a clipboard.
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Double-Broker Fraud: How It Works and How to Stop It in 5 Steps
Double-brokering is the fastest-growing freight fraud category. How it happens and five verification steps that prevent it — from an operator who's seen both sides.
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FEMA 426 for Freight: Building Security Principles That Stop Cargo Theft
FEMA 426's threat-modeling framework maps directly to logistics. Forced-path routing, aggressor sequence mapping, and designated responders for cargo facilities.
Read articleTalk to the person who does the work.
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