# Category: Best Practices and Benchmarks

## Recap: Benchmarking for brokerage peak season
May’s jam-packed webinar with TIA, titled “Benchmarking for Better Decisions Optimizing Your Brokerage for Peak Season,” showcased strategies for brokers.

## Staying Profitable Amidst Volatility: A Guide for Freight Brokers
Uncertainty can shake up the freight industry. For brokers, the current landscape presents both challenges and opportunities. Volatility in volumes.

## Navigating tariff turbulence: How data science empowers shippers and carriers amid trade policy shifts
The following is a guest post from Varun Shekhar. The trade winds are shifting — and so is freight. As.

## How truckers can navigate the new tariff landscape
New trade policies and tariffs are throwing new challenges to truckers and owner-operators. The market is increasingly harder to read.

## Basic broker security: Keep your devices safe
As we rely more on technology in our daily lives, it’s essential to keep our devices secure. Whether it’s your.

## New year, new passwords
Passwords are your first line of defense against cyberattacks. According to recent data, around 80% of data breaches are attributed.

## The latest features and improvements in DAT’s tools
What’s new with DAT’s tools? We’ve got the latest updates to the DAT platform, all of them aimed at reducing.

## Four new rules for shippers in a changing freight landscape
Things are changing – fast. Procurement isn’t the same, and shippers around the country are converting from outdated, time-consuming approaches.

## Basic broker security: Keep your systems updated
The following is a guest post from Iris Bradbury, Security Analyst at DAT. Keeping your software and systems up to.

## Gift card fraud is on the rise. Here’s how to avoid being scammed.
There is a massive gift card scam across many industries including finance, supply chain, and retail. These attacks are coming.

## Shippers: How do you measure real performance?
How confident are you that you’re measuring the real success of your logistics operations? Understanding your team’s performance is crucial.

## Phishing and recognizing suspicious emails for brokers
Phishing is a critical tool for persistent fraudsters. It remains one of the most common cyber threats, targeting transportation brokers.