GPS Fleet Tracking: The Risks and Benefits

By Bozidar Spirovski

GPS Fleet Tracking is usually associated with taxi fleets, armored transport and police/security vehicles. In reality, a lot of companies use GPS tracking not just for their company fleet, but also for personal tracking of their top employees or sensitive equipment. And GPS itself brings a whole new challenges to information security.

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