6 Threat Intelligence Outlooks and Strategies for 2025

A 2025 threat intelligence outlook identifies six trends: expanded cyber risk to critical infrastructure from nation-state and hacktivist activity, the weaponization of stolen credentials across extensive SaaS ecosystems, rapid growth in AI-enabled phishing and deepfakes, regulatory pressure driving secure software development, evolving card fraud via e-skimming and weak authentication, and increased targeting of senior executives; it pairs key statistics with recommended actions (e.g., strategic foresight, identity monitoring/protection, anti-impersonation training and validation, and secure SDLC practices) to help organizations anticipate and mitigate these threats.