"2025 has been a transformative year for cybersecurity, with emerging technologies and evolving threats changing the landscape as we once knew it. Reflecting on the year, there are several trends that come to my mind, both good and bad. Organizations prepared for a quantum future, foreign adversaries and cybercriminals alike made strategic moves, and industries as a whole found themselves targeted with waves of cyberattacks (such as the case with the retail sector)."
"2025 can easily be defined as the year that AI transitioned from experimentation to enterprise-scale deployments. Behind the scenes, we've also seen many fast-growing, ambitious initiatives leaving cybersecurity controls by the wayside in the name of rapid innovation, exposing the growing gap between AI-readiness and data quality/security. AvePoint's own 2025 study found that more than 75% of organizations experienced AI-related security breaches - and 90.6% of organizations claim effective information management programs, but only 30.3% have implemented effective data classification systems."
2025 saw AI move from experimentation to enterprise-scale use, driving rapid deployments and agentic solutions that strained existing cybersecurity controls. Many organizations prioritized innovation over security, creating a gap between AI readiness and data quality or protection. Surveys showed more than 75% of organizations experienced AI-related breaches, while information management claims far outpaced actual data classification implementation. Companies responded by increasing investment in automated data governance and modernization tools, and recognizing the need for dedicated oversight and continuous workflow adjustments for AI agents. The year also featured strategic moves by foreign adversaries and cybercriminals and sectoral waves of attacks.
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