8 Cyber Predictions for 2025: A CSO’s Perspective

This report presents eight concise 2025 cybersecurity predictions, forecasting increases in AI-powered social engineering (voice/video phishing), GenAI-related security risks, insider threat vectors, fragmented regulation impacts, AiTM phishing that can bypass MFA, growth of encryption-less ransomware extortion, the need to prepare for quantum-driven cryptographic threats, and continued focus on software supply chain security; it recommends measures like zero trust, stronger MFA (FIDO2), AI-enabled detection and inline inspection, and a move toward quantum-safe cryptography.