What are the top 10 cyber security trends to watch in 2025?

17th April 2025

Cyber security is constantly evolving and changing – with every update comes more opportunity for cyber criminals to exploit vulnerabilities and a greater need to defend against them.

Keep yourself informed on the key elements of cyber security that could have a big impact this year, and what the implications might be for you and your business:

1. Generative AI (GenAI): GenAI is shifting the focus to protecting unstructured data, with businesses reordering their investment strategies to address the security issues GenAI can pose, including the protection of LLM (large language model) data.

2. Machine identity management: cloud services, automation and GenAI have led to an increase in machine accounts and credentials. Organisations need to implement machine identity and access management (IAM) to protect against attacks.

3. Tactical AI implementations: security and risk management (SRM) leaders are focusing on narrower AI use cases, with results that can be measured. This could potentially show the true value of AI, for cyber criminals as well as other users.

4. Quantum-resistant encryption: as quantum computing progresses, there is more of a need for stronger encryption to keep data secure.

5. Identity based cyber security: the rise of deepfakes has led to the adoption of biometric authentication, helping to mitigate the risk of identity theft.

6. Supply chain security: as modern supply chains become more interconnected, they are more vulnerable to attack, meaning that businesses are improving their security measures.

7. Regulatory changes: with the continuously changing nature of cyber security, businesses need to stay up to date with the newest legislation to avoid penalties.

8. Talent shortages: organisations are investing in training and development programs to bridge the skills gap that the cyber security industry continues to face.

9. Remote work security: as more people work from home either part time of full time, businesses have been putting measures like VPNs and endpoint protection in place to keep systems secure, no matter where staff are located.

10. Focus of endpoint security: with devices becoming more and more connected, endpoints have become targets for attackers – businesses are using endpoint security solutions to counteract this.

It is worth keeping an eye on these trends and how they evolve: they could have a big impact on your cyber security in 2025. Interfuture Security will have all the updates and changes – contact us HERE if you’d like to know more.