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SMART TECHNOLOGIES ARE REVOLUTIONISING TRANSPORT. BUT WITH GREATER CONNECTIVITY COMES AN INCREASED RISK FROM CYBER CRIMESAFETY FIRST: STAYING AHEAD OF THE CYBER THREATLeftTechnology must work hand-in-hand with a strategy that identifies security threatsTransport professionals must become cyber-literate to survive in the “cyber-physical world”, according to a new Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) report. The next decade will see a paradigm shift in the transport landscape, as a system of mechanisms controlled by computer-based algorithms tightly integrated with the internet and its users ushers in a new era of Intelligent Mobility (IM).But increased connectivity goes hand-in-hand with a greater threat from cyber crime, and according to TSC Technologist Aditya Thirunavukkarasu, a lack of Cyber Security awareness is proving challenging for the IM sector. “The industry is changing so rapidly, there is insufficient time for people to grasp what is happening,” says Thirunavukkarasu. “Lessons are only learned after an incident.” CYBER SECURITY24IMAGINE