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2025 Cybersecurity Trends Report
In a quest to understand how organizations are evolving their approach to cybersecurity as AI adoption grows, Netwrix Research Lab surveyed 2,150 IT professionals from 121 countries via an online questionnaire and compared the results to its Security Trends Reports from 2024, 2023 and 2020 and Cloud Data Security Reports from 2022 and 2020.
60%
of organizations are already leveraging AI tools in their IT infrastructure.
51%
of respondents confirmed experiencing a security incident in the past 12 months that demanded a dedicated response from security teams, not just an automated remediation.
75%
of respondents reported financial damage due to attacks — a significant increase from 60% in 2024.
60%
of organizations are already leveraging AI tools in their IT infrastructure.
51%
of respondents confirmed experiencing a security incident in the past 12 months that demanded a dedicated response from security teams, not just an automated remediation.
75%
of respondents reported financial damage due to attacks — a significant increase from 60% in 2024.
Content in this issue
- IT architecture
- Security challenges
- AI and security posture
- Security incidents
- Cyberattack consequences
- Threat actors
- IT priorities
- Cyber insurance
Attackers are moving faster with AI, and defenders are scrambling to catch up. This asymmetry is not new in cybersecurity, but AI appears to be accelerating it.
Jeff Warren, Chief Product Officer at Netwrix