Six network security trends watched from agent AI to extortion software: 2025

At the end of 2024, the trend of hackers, power outages, legislation and rapid development transferred a year of network security pattern.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to develop at an amazing speed, generating and agent AI to promote its role in all aspects of business. At the same time, in the continuous expansion of clouds and increasingly complex network threats, new categories have appeared to help organizations better manage their data. Finally, we see legislation formulated globally to help organizations reduce risks and maintain network elasticity.
So, what will this lead to in 2025? Continue reading Six network security trends Rubrik is expected to begin next year.
1. Data security will be the core of generating AI
When we paid attention to 2025, a key element stood out in the discussion of the adoption and evolution of AI. Because the generating AI model requires a large amount of data to learn and generate content, to ensure the privacy of the data, the confidentiality and integrity become essential. Companies that provide strong data security measures will gain competitive advantages, so as to enhance trust between users and partners. This trust is transformed into a market share, because enterprises and consumers are more likely to interact with AI solutions. The solution is preferentially considering data protection and is consistent with strict regulations such as the European Union AI ACT, GDPR or CCPA.
Therefore, data security is not only an obstacle to generate AI; it is becoming its driving force. With more demand for corporate and consumers in terms of capabilities and security, the future of AI generated seems to be intertwined with the progress of data protection. By 2025, we predict that data security will not only become the benchmark for the success of the AI industry, but also the decisive factor for trust and consumers to adopt large -scale AI.
2. Dora will surpass financial services, thereby promoting the network elasticity of the entire industry.
The Digital Operation Elastic Law was initially promulgated to enhance the security of European financial service institutions. However, in 2025, due to its risk management, incident reports, third -party risk management and business continuity management, DORA will become a kind of operating elastic tool. These processes will help organizations respond to cyber threats, geopolitical tensions and natural disasters. Indeed, Dora’s wider use will redefine the flexibility and continuity of all enterprises in the increasingly unpredictable world, thus emphasizing the urgency of preparation.
AI will become an important ally who meets the requirements of Dora and reveals new use cases, because the company innovates methods in the fields of incorporating AI -driven elastic measures into threat detection, response to automation and compliance monitoring. In the landscape that needs real -time response now, AI will enable the organization to respond to the incident and adapt to the dynamic development of the environment.
3. IT and security leaders must strengthen their data in the cloud.
Data is the jewelry on the crown of business, and Yun Zheng has become more and more castle. However, if you drop the suspension bridge, what are the benefits of the castle? The organization must prepare for the increasingly complicated network threats: Since 2023, the Global threat report of Crowdstrike in 2024 found that cloud invasion increased by 75 %.
With the continuous expansion of the cloud, the organization corresponds to the responsibility of the vulnerabilities more responsibilities-otherwise, this surge is just the beginning. In 2025, the organization must focus on protecting data in the cloud, monitoring risks, and establishing confidence, that is, data and applications can be restored when attacks.
This means that the security tools beyond the application and find a tailor -made solution. These solutions not only prevent threat from mastering data in the cloud, but also quickly restore to any threat to sneak into the moat.
4. Data security posture management has become an important part of network elasticity.
Data Security Pose Management -DSPM -One of the most complicated problems in the modern cloud environment: understand where all data is and how to ensure data.
According to research and market data, the DSPM market is experiencing a significant growth, which is mainly adopted by AI. As more (and larger) datasets can be consumed by AI models, sensitive data may be greatly increased.
Cloud, AI, and DSPMs will go hand in hand, because traditional security methods such as DLP (data loss) and CNAPP (cloud -based application protection platform) cannot fully solve the overall data related network elasticity of the organization.
5. A wave of AI agents will increase network elasticity and introduce new risks.
Emerging agency AI markets show endless potential, especially for the use of clouds to expand computing power and storage capabilities to train and deploy complex AI models. CISO focusing on the cloud field will gain the benefits of increasing productivity and better customer experience. The agent AI also has the potential to help enterprises maintain its data and cloud applications more secure; imagine that the AI agent enhances the response speed and elasticity while automating threat detection.
However, if it is not implemented carefully, AGESIC AI will also be risk -sensitive in the cloud. As the AI agent becomes more and more complicated and interconnected, they may lead to more security vulnerabilities and accidental data leaks. Smart business and IT leaders will not make them unable to use agent AI, but drive them to establish guardrails, formulate strict data access policies and clearly convey the optimal practice of the organization.
6. The extortion software will continue to develop and cause damageEssence
If you teach us anything in 2024, the ransomware will not go anywhere, and it will continue to become the favorite of bad actors. With the development of AI and more data to a platform -based platform -based platform, attackers can automate and improve their attack strategies, making ransomware more effective in 2025.
But the situation became worse. We expect the ransomware that the service (RAAS) will surpass malware and provide initial access brokers, data peeling and negotiating services. The RAAS platform will continue to reduce the technical threshold of launching ransomware attacks, which means that more individuals or less technical skilled groups can engage in ransomware activities, thereby increasing the amount of attack. The organization will need to formulate a new strategy to compete with this reality.
These six predictions emphasize why it is expected to become a dynamic of cyber security in 2025. It’s time now, the safety leaders are ready.