NTT Security (UK) Ltd: NTT Security Announces Expansion of Advanced Security Services into Thailand

SINGAPORE, 2018-01-15 10:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
NTT Security, the specialized security company of NTT Group, has announced
expansion into Thailand as part of its strategic growth plan. It will provide
Managed Security Services (MSS) and specialized Professional Security Services
based on its strength in Global Threat Intelligence and Cyber Threat Advanced
Analytics accumulated through global operations. This will enable more
effective and sophisticated cybersecurity solutions for Thailand enterprises
and governments as well as global companies which have business operations in
the region. 

The services will be taken to market through the NTT Group companies of
Dimension Data, NTT Communications and NTT DATA, forming part of its suite of
integrated services to enable successful digital transformation initiatives for
its clients. 

"Our Managed Security Services with expert security analysts and proprietary
analytics platform powered by Global Threat Intelligence have been providing
strong Threat Detection and Hunting capabilities to NTT customers worldwide. We
are delighted to be expanding the availability of our advanced security
services. NTT Security together with NTT Group companies will provide cyber
resilience to secure digital transformation of organizations in Thailand," said
Jun Sawada, CEO of NTT Security. 

Martin Schlatter, CIO and Regional CEO for NTT Security in APAC adds,
"Thailand's economy has great potential, occupying the 2nd largest GDP
following Indonesia in the high growth economy of ASEAN, with its annual GDP
set to grow to 3.329% in 2018 (and 3.357% in 2019). It has developed a global
reputation for growth within the manufacturing and exporting of goods and
services within the automotive and electronics sectors. Thailand is now working
on shifting to high value-added manufacturing and growing the service industry.
However, with this growth, comes an increase in targeted cyber attacks,
particularly those aimed at manufacturers for their intellectual property.
This, in turn, creates demand for cybersecurity services from specialised
security companies such as NTT Security." 

NTT Security's Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR) reveals manufacturing
as one of the top three industries to be heavily targeted in five of the six
geographic regions. In Asia alone, manufacturing is the second most targeted
industry (32%), trailing closely behind finance. The region is therefore
feeling the impact of having significant manufacturing capabilities and, like
its Asian counterparts, companies in Thailand are not immune from attacks and
face a variety of threats. 

According to NTT Security's Global Threat Intelligence Center (GTIC), Thailand
ranked 19th in hosting command and control servers used to remotely send
commands to a botnet, with over 9% of all botnets attempting to talk back to
servers in Thailand. In fact, Asia was a major contributor to the Mirai botnet
used to conduct one of the largest Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)
attacks. 

Schlatter adds, "Asian businesses are failing on a large scale to adequately
secure their endpoints, and there is no question that cyber criminals are
looking to capitalize on this. It's therefore increasingly important to embed
security solutions and processes into the very fabric of the business. If
compromised, corporate devices participating in such attacks may be
blacklisted, damaging the organization's reputation and ability to function
effectively online." 

As a centre of excellence, NTT Security is committed to continued investment in
the creation of innovative security services, and continues to expand its reach
together with NTT Group companies, while improving its strength in Global
Threat Intelligence and Advanced Analytics by collaboration with NTT R&D and
alliances with technology partners. 

Notes for editors:

About NTT Security

NTT Security is the specialized security company and the center of excellence
in security for NTT Group.  With embedded security we enable NTT Group
companies (Dimension Data, NTT Communications and NTT DATA) to deliver
resilient business solutions for clients' digital transformation needs.  NTT
Security has multiple SOCs, seven R&D centers, over 1,500 security experts and
handles hundreds of thousands of security incidents annually across six
continents. 

NTT Security ensures that resources are used effectively by delivering the
right mix of Managed Security Services, Security Consulting Services and
Security Technology for NTT Group companies - making best use of local
resources and leveraging our global capabilities.  NTT Security is part of the
NTT Group (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation), one of the largest ICT
companies in the world.  Visit nttsecurity.com to learn more about NTT Security
or visit www.ntt.co.jp/index_e.html to learn more about NTT Group. 

For sales enquiries, please visit dimensiondata.com, www.ntt.com/en/index.html,
www.nttdata.com/global/en/ or speak to your NTT account representative for more
information. 

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