The Impact of AI on Freight Procurement: How to Neutralize Freight Threats | Episode 56

Banyan Technology’s Tire Tracks® podcast continues its mini-series, The Impact of AI on Freight Procurement, with a conversation that explores the high-tech frontline of freight protection, featuring Jonathan Ryan, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Overhaul.

In this episode, Ryan shares how Overhaul is using AI tools like Fraud Watch and Risk GPT News to help Shippers and Brokers identify and neutralize freight threats before cargo even moves. From suspicious load board activity to identity spoofing, Ryan explains how real-time data and predictive modeling are shifting supply chain security from reactive to proactive.

“Cyber threats are moving faster,” Ryan said. “AI gives us the speed and scale to stay ahead of the bad actors.”

Drawing from his law enforcement background and global security expertise, Ryan offers a behind-the-scenes look at Overhaul’s layered risk intelligence approach, blending boots-on-the-ground monitoring with AI-powered insights to combat freight threats across all modes.

He also explores how AI is helping freight professionals make better decisions, faster, from avoiding red-flag loads to recovering stolen shipments with remarkable speed and accuracy.

Freight Threats Episode Key Points

• Jonathan Ryan describes the work of Overhaul.
• Overhaul’s approach to AI, and how it overcomes security threats and other challenges.
• Low tech versus high tech, and how Overhaul balances the scale.
• Risk versus reward: Jonathan’s protocol for finding the sweet spot.
• Why industry flare-ups and newsworthy events are more common now than ever before.
• The ins and outs of ransomware tech and unpacking Overhaul’s RiskGPT.
• Jonathan explains what else needs to be done to eliminate tech attacks in logistics.
• FraudWatch: Overhaul’s role in Carrier vetting.