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I’ve been working closely with some of our many experts around the world to develop thinking around what will happen in cybersecurity in 2019. The fruits of our work are summarised in the NTT Security 2019 Predictions, available now.
First of all, what isn't surprising is the vision for the evolving threat landscape. With world-leading threat intelligence, we know a great deal about evolving threats that affect businesses daily, helping customers through our threat detection services. We have recently written about substantial threats facing the retail sector (including in our Global Threat Intelligence Report for November) and found that this sector was the poorest performing of any sector in 2018 for cybersecurity best practice.
This is our first prediction, chronologically. “Major consumer retail brands suffer relentless attacks as cyber criminals zero-in on weak defenses and high volumes of customer data,” says Raymond Teo, Senior Vice president, Business Development, Asia Pacific.
Operational Technology (OT) and smart, connected, cities will also face relentless threats throughout 2019 and we think there will be serious consequences for citizens. “A cyber attack on OT or smart cities may cause a major impact on critical national infrastructure services in the developed world, leading to a major health or safety impact on the nation's citizens,” writes both Garry Sidaway, our SVP Security Strategy and Alliances, and Henrik Davidsson, Sales Director for the Nordics.
Indeed, what is more surprising is quite how many human factors came up for discussion, and the breadth of this discussion: these account for half of our 2019 predictions.
We do think there is a growing understanding among employees in general that they are essential to organization security. But there is some way to go. In 2018, 43% of respondents to our Risk:Value research said cybersecurity was the IT team’s problem. That’s one scary (and very neglectful) percentage, but one which we believe will fall in 2019 due to improvements in organization culture and continuing media coverage of major cyber incidents that raises awareness among staff in non-technical functions.
“Non-tech literate employees finally understand that they matter to cybersecurity”, predicts Stephen Bloom, Senior Marketing Director for the Americas.
Unfortunately, insider threats will intensify, and a number of disengaged employees will surrender their loyalty to hackers. Employee behavior analytics will provide some assistance. “Employee behavior analytics stops a worker from leaking tens of thousands of customer records,” concludes Senior Solutions Architect Lawson Davies.
We hope you enjoy reading the rest of our 2019 predictions and we look forward to hearing your thoughts.
In 2018, 43% of respondents to our Risk:Value research said cyber security was the IT team’s problem. That’s one scary percentage, but one which we believe will fall in 2019 due to improvements in organization culture and continuing media coverage


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Get ready to explore New Eden
Electronic Arts labels boss Frank Gibeau has revealed the newly announced Mirror’s Edge reboot will be an open-world game, GameSpot reports. “We’re bringing Faith back in this open-world action adventure game,” Gibeau disclosed this morning during an investors meeting.
Still in the early stages of development, Mirror’s Edge will feature an all-new origin story for the freerunning heroine and will come to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC “when it’s ready.”
New Mirror’s Edge is open-world [GameSpot]

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Guarantor of fresh products celebrates anniversary
JULY 10, 2015: The Air Cargo Community Frankfurt, the group of companies, institutions and associations which aims to promote the air cargo location Frankfurt, congratulates its member, the Perishable Center Frankfurt (PCF), on its 20th anniversary. The PCF is the centre for temperature-controlled logistics located directly at Frankfurt Airport, Europe’s largest institution of its kind at an airport with direct access to the apron access. "For airfreight at Frankfurt Airport, the Perishable Center Frankfurt is a very important factor, from which the hypermarkets and supermarkets and in particular, of course, the consumers in the Rhine-Main region and far beyond enjoy the benefits. It is an enormously reliable guarantor of easily perishable goods, whose wide range of services are open to all companies at the location”, says Joachim von Winning, Managing Director of Air Cargo Community Frankfurt. “On behalf of the Community, I would like to congratulate the Perishable Center Frankfurt, with its total of around 120 employees on its 20th anniversary and wish the leading air cargo warehouse for temperature-controlled logistics in Europe a successful future in a growing air cargo market”.


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Danone will launch a new range of Greek-style yoghurts next month with zero fat and no added sugar, aimed at 25 to 35-year-old women.
Light & Free will go on sale across the mults from 18 April in strawberry, raspberry, peach and blueberry (rsp: £2.49/four-pack). It offered a “thick and creamy” low-fat alternative, said Danone.
The range contained 30% fewer calories than most full-fat yoghurts, while its “playful” packaging was designed to appeal to a carefree, fun-loving, fashion-conscious audience, it added. The launch will be supported by a £3m multimedia campaign.


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Pets are an important part of many families. A recent survey by the American Animal Hospital Association of 1,206 pet owners in the United States and Canada showed that more than 80 percent of the respondents were female and an incredible 48 percent of these said they rely more on their pets than on a spouse or child for affection.
"Pets can provide their owners with unlimited affection and unconditional love," says Dr. Jay Geasling, president of AAHA. "In return, many people treat them like members of the family."Significantly, 50 percent of dog and cat owners said they had given their pets a human name such as Molly, Sam or Max. More than 60 percent include news about their pets in their holiday postcards, and 36 percent include a photograph of their pets with correspondence. An amazing 27 percent said they had taken their pets to a professional photographer to be part of family photographs or to be photographed with "Santa Claus" or the "Easter Bunny."
Nearly 50 percent take their pets in the car on errands and 53 percent vacation or travel with them. Twenty-Five percent blow-dry their pets after bathing them, 45 percent provide a special bed, and 75 percent buy special premium pet food. Nearly 60 percent of pet owners said they love their pets so much that when the pets die, they will bury them on family property. Although nearly 80 percent of the respondents were dog owners and 61 percent cat owners, 11 percent had birds, 6 percent own "pocket pets" such as a gerbil or hamster, and 5 percent own a reptile. Another 13 percent had other types of pets ranging from fish to horses.
Walking in a public place with a dog is one way to ensure it is unlikely you will be robbed. Lou Castle, an Internet friend who is head of Los Angeles Police Dogs who has handled thousands of cases of robbery on the streets, tells me that he has not known one victim who had a dog with them at the time.
Commitment, Firmness, but kindness.
by David the Dogman
David is a Canine Behaviourist who works and lives in Marbella, Spain. Tel/Fax (00345) 2883388. His web site is located at: www.thedogman.net. David has his own radio and TV shows, and writes for many newspapers and magazines. David has been working with dogs for many years and started his career in Israel, working on the Border Police. He has been involved in all forms of training, including air sea rescue, air scent work, and has trained dogs for finding drugs. David has devoted the past 10 years to studying behaviour and the very passive approach. He does not use choke chains, check chains, or any form of aggression.