Netwrix Research Lab: What to Expect in Cybersecurity in 2025 and How Our Previous Predictions Fared | PR Newswire [Video]

Key trends for 2025 involve AI adoption, social engineering attacks and compliance challenges.

FRISCO, Texas, Dec. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Netwrix, a vendor that delivers effective and accessible cybersecurity to any organization, today released key IT security trends predicted to affect organizations of all sizes in 2025.

Ilia Sotnikov, Security Strategist at Netwrix, shares three trends expected in the coming year:

1. AI will enhance business operations, but security basics will remain crucial. In 2025, organizations will embrace AI-powered solutions across different business functions to increase productivity and speed decision-making. This new technology stack creates new attack surfaces and exposes organizations to previously unknown threats. To mitigate these new risks, security teams must adapt existing processes and controls, such as data access governance, privileged access management, and activity monitoring.
2. Social engineering attacks will become more sophisticated. Malicious actors will bombard organizations with highly effective spear phishing, business email compromise campaigns, deepfake voice and video …