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ANALYSIS
KEY STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINING STRONG SECURITY IN 2025
Roland Daccache , Senior Sales Engineering Manager – Middle East & Africa , CrowdStrike , shares his cybersecurity predictions for 2025 and outlines the strategies required to maintain robust security postures in the new year and beyond .
Adversaries continue to become faster and stealthier , with increasingly sophisticated attack methods . Now more than ever , organisations need cybersecurity expertise at all organisational levels and technology with the power to detect and stop modern threats . To effectively safeguard their operations , businesses must gain visibility into identity infrastructures and modernise their security operations centres ( SOCs ), among other key steps .
Below are our recommendations for the measures organisations must take to defend against cyberthreats in the new year :
Gain visibility into identity infrastructure
Identity is the new major battleground in cybersecurity – and visibility is critical to building a strong defence . Seventy-five percent of initial access attempts are now malware-free . Attackers use stolen credentials to breach identity systems , cloud platforms and endpoints . Because they are simply logging in with legitimate credentials , these attacks often leave little evidence and appear as isolated incidents , making them harder to detect .
Greater visibility is the key to detecting stealthy identity-focused threats , but it ’ s challenging to achieve when security and IT teams work in silos and use separate tools . To effectively identify and stop these attacks , teams need an AI-native cybersecurity platform that unifies visibility across cloud , endpoints and identities . This cohesive approach both improves visibility and streamlines detection and response . The integration of AI accelerates these efforts by analysing vast datasets to identify anomalies and enable fast , accurate detection and action .
Failing to secure identity systems in 2025 leaves organisations exposed to attackers seeking easier and more effective ways to breach their targets . Protecting these systems should be a core part of any security strategy to stay ahead of identityfocused attacks .
Modernise the security operations centre
Security teams are struggling to keep up with today ’ s fast-moving threats , with the average eCrime breakout time just 62 minutes . Legacy security information and event management ( SIEM ) platforms compound the problem by flooding SOCs with excessive , irrelevant or duplicated data , making it harder to detect and respond to threats effectively . Today ’ s threat landscape requires a modernised approach that can give security teams
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