Under lock and key: Protecting corporate data from cyberthreats in 2025

The article outlines why data breaches continue to surge despite significant cybersecurity spending, emphasizing the role of human error, insider threats, and capable nation-state actors. It highlights major attack vectors—including phishing, supply chain compromise, vulnerability exploitation, stolen credentials, BYOD exposure, and living-off-the-land—and notes AI’s likely impact in scaling reconnaissance and social engineering. Recommended defenses include continuous asset mapping, risk-based patching and testing, multilayered endpoint protection, DLP and MDM, MFA and strong passwords, staff awareness training, incident response planning and exercises, encryption, supplier audits, monitoring for early detection, and secure cloud configurations.