A smarter, safer cloud in the age of AI

This brief review of the Sysdig Cloud Defense Report 2025 highlights early-year trends in cloud security: AI’s dual role as both defender and target, the necessity of runtime visibility to counter rapid attacks, and the sustained importance of open source tools like Falco; it offers high-level recommendations and predictions around industry- and CI/CD-targeted threats and developer-friendly prioritization, without detailing specific incidents, IoCs, or vulnerabilities.