Security Requires Visibility And Autonomous, Real-Time Security

Security is protection from, or resilience against, potential harm.

Visibility is the state of being able to see or be seen.

Visibility is not security – it is observationally detecting and alerting to a potential threat to a loss of integrity or theft.

Visibility tracking is the first step toward cargo integrity management. However, it does not deliver preventive or remedial action in real time.

Risk & Loss Prevention

A recent March 2025, Tive State of Visibility Report indicates that security concerns now drive 59% of visibility investments – more than any other factor. Yet, as noted above, visibility is not security.

5 Strategies to Close the Middle-Mile Visibility Gap

Cargo transportation visibility solutions suggest that five proven tactics will transform your supply chain and provide eyes on inventory at every step:

• Deploy IoT tracking technology: 
• Implement predictive analytics: 
• Integrate your data systems: 
• Upgrade shipment security measures:
• Build collaborative carrier relationships:

However visibility solutions are remote, observational and passive. They cannot act in real time to prevent losses.

What is still missing?

Going beyond visibility to autonomy – smart trailer systems equipped with electronic door locks and air-brake immobilizers. Cargo trailers are then equipped to manage preventive action. Autonomous systems designed to lock out unauthorized activity in real time to neutralize security threats. Locking and unlocking actions can be automatically triggered by geofences, allowing the trailer to protect itself based on location or on route events without requiring human input. The system prevents theft, hijacking, and misdirection as they happen – not after the fact – moving from passive visibility to active security control – A “state change” from visibility.