World Economic Forum 2025: Navigating Cybersecurity in an Era of Complexity

This piece summarizes cybersecurity themes from the WEF Davos 2025 meetings, highlighting new WEF white papers on AI risk management and the Global Cybersecurity Outlook, and distilling five OT-focused strategies: prioritize OT amid geopolitical tensions, manage supply chain and third‑party risk (e.g., SBOMs, audits), rigorously assess AI tools before deployment, align with global regulations (e.g., NIS2, CIRCIA), and close skills gaps via training and partnerships. It frames cybersecurity as entering a period of heightened complexity driven by geopolitics, rapid technological change, and regulatory pressures, underscoring board-level governance and multistakeholder collaboration as critical to resilient, responsible innovation.