Global survey finds cyberincidents cost organisations US $ 3.7M on average in the past year
Major crises and AI threats to dominate agenda at landmark SANS conference for cyberthreat hunting community
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Global survey finds cyberincidents cost organisations US $ 3.7M on average in the past year
R ed Canary, a Zscaler company, has released its annual Security Operations Trends Report, providing insights into the critical challenges facing cybersecurity teams in 2025.
Partnering with independent research company Coleman Parkes, Red Canary surveyed 550 security leaders from the US, UK, New Zealand, Australia and Nordics.
“ They need to go all in on expert-supervised AI agents that support security analysts in threat detection, investigation and response, with the focus on proven solutions powered by LLMs trained on real-world data to deliver unmatched speed and accuracy – not just the latest shiny tool or a legacy vendor repackaging itself as AI.”
The survey shows that security operations centre( SOC) teams continue to struggle with the challenges of securing cloud environments, identities and AI technologies amid evolving threats, amplifying the risk and business impact of cyberattacks.
Over the past year, security leaders estimate that, on average, cyberincidents cost their organisation US $ 3.7 million with 46 % suffering from an outage or disruption to their services as a consequence of attacks.
“ CISOs, like their peers in lines of business, know they need to augment their teams with AI and automation but finding security products and services that deliver actual value is hard amidst all the hype and empty marketing,” said Brian Beyer, Co-founder of Red Canary.
Major crises and AI threats to dominate agenda at landmark SANS conference for cyberthreat hunting community
ANS Institute has unveiled the themes for the sixth edition of its CyberThreat Summit, which returns to London on
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December 3 to 4 with a technically driven agenda focused on AI weaponisation, malware evasion and supply chain intrusions.
Designed for technical practitioners from threat hunters to red-team specialists, CyberThreat 2025 will feature deep technical workshops, keynotes, hands-on challenges, a custom CTF experience and opportunities for collaboration among offensive and defensive teams.
Highlights include Katie Moussouris warning that AI cybersecurity tools could displace skilled workers if mishandled, former GCHQ Director Robert Hannigan analysing why some organisations fail cyberincidents, and threat insights from NCSC Operations Director Paul Chichester in conversation with Ciaran Martin. Additional sessions will cover global lessons from Ukraine, advanced adversary techniques and puzzledriven‘ Hackable Badge’ challenges.
James Lyne, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at SANS Institute, said:“ Over 20 years of my career, I’ ve watched cybercriminals innovate to a disgustingly effective degree. They sell services and products to each other; they collaborate in forums, sharing tactics and focusing on what works, even if technically unimpressive. Our community fails if we do not do the same.
“ CyberThreat exists to do exactly that. We bring together public and private sector defenders to swap war stories and specifics, to provide practical lessons for attendees to take away and apply in their own environments.”
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