Η Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a cybersecurity solutions company, today announced its 2025 Cybersecurity Predictions, analyzing the key challenges organizations will face in the coming year.
As businesses adopt new technologies, AI-driven attacks, quantum threats and cloud security gaps will redefine the digital threat landscape.
The report highlights the global cyber security forecast to 2025:
- The rise of AI-based attacks: Artificial Intelligence will become a key cybercrime tool in 2025. Threat actors will use AI to create highly personalized phishing attacks and adaptive malware that learns from real-time data to evade detection. Smaller hacker groups will also use AI tools to launch large-scale attacks without the need for specialized knowledge, making cybercrime more democratic.
- The Ransomware is hitting supply chains hard: Ransomware will become even more targeted and automated, with attacks on critical supply chains and the potential for large-scale attacks affecting entire industries. Attackers will use AI-enhanced phishing emails and deepfake impersonations to bypass defenses.
- Increased misuse of IT leads to data breaches: As IT tools like ChatGPT are integrated into business processes, accidental data leaks will become a major issue. Employees may inadvertently share sensitive data with external IT platforms, causing unintended breaches. Organizations will need to establish governance frameworks to monitor IT usage and protect data privacy.
- Quantum computing poses new threats to encryption: Quantum computing will compromise existing encryption methods. Although large-scale quantum computing attacks are still years away, industries such as finance and healthcare need to start adopting quantum-secure cryptography to stay ahead of this threat.
- The exploitation of social media and the deepfakes become commonplace: Cybercriminals will increasingly target social networking platforms, using personal data for targeted scams and impersonations. AI-powered deepfakes will become more convincing, putting financial transactions and business security at risk. Detecting and countering these attacks will require real-time AI defenses.
- The Co-pilots SOC which are guided by AI are revolutionizing security operations: Security Operations Centers (SOCs) will use AI co-pilots to process large volumes of data and prioritize threats, enabling faster response times. These AI-based tools will help automate threat detection and reduce false positives, improving the efficiency of security teams.
- Merging the roles IOC The estate provides stunning sea views and offers a unique blend of luxury living and development potential CISO as AI adoption increases: As businesses embrace IT and hybrid cloud environments, the roles of CIOs and CISOs will merge, with risk management becoming more integrated. The report predicts that CIOs will increasingly assume oversight of cybersecurity operations, strengthening the alignment between IT and security functions.
- Security platforms cloud dominate the landscape: Organizations will move toward integrated cloud security platforms, using tools like CNAPP to monitor and secure multi-cloud environments. AI will play a critical role in automating threat prevention, shifting the focus from reactive security to proactive defense.
- The expansion of IoT increases the attack surface: With 32 billion IoT devices by 2025, the security of these interconnected systems will become critical. Attackers will exploit poorly secured IoT devices to infiltrate cloud networks. To mitigate these risks, organizations should adopt Zero Trust architectures and AI-powered threat detection tools.
“In 2025, AI will drive both attacks and protection. "Security teams will rely on AI-powered tools tailored to their unique environments, but adversaries will respond with increasingly sophisticated AI-driven phishing and deepfake campaigns," said Dr. Dorit Dor, Chief Technology Officer at Check Point
“Meanwhile, attackers will exploit vulnerabilities as well as service accounts and machine-to-machine access keys for lateral movement within networks as cyber conflicts extend to social platforms and even the battlefield. Organizations must use more proactive methods and adapt quickly to protect their operations from emerging threats.”
For the full list of predictions, visit the website Check Point Software's 2025 cyber security predictions.