AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF POTENTIAL THREATS TO CYBERSECURITY IN 2019.

There were 2,216 data breaches and more than 53,000 cybersecurity incidents reported in 65 countries in the 12 months ending in March 2018. The year of 2018 was certainly a busy one for the information security industry. Threats and breaches were aplenty and whilst trends like DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) and ransomware played a notably less significant role than in 2017, phishing attacks hit companies hard and business email compromise skyrocketed over the course of the year. This year also saw the growth of a few new threats that seemed to catch many by surprise. As 2018 draws to a close, the industry is now preparing for the trends, threats and challenges that 2019 might have in store for businesses and consumers. This article has summarized the predictions by industry experts about threats in cybersecurity. Many industry experts have predicted various security threats, researcher tried to address many of them. The main focus area of this research work is to highlight potential threats in upcoming years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]