The 2025 Cybersecurity Pulse Report
Dan Verton
The 2025 Cybersecurity Pulse Report is the latest intelligence briefing from ISMG, delivering essential insights from 150+ expert interviews and four days of carefully curated programming from the RSAC 2025 Conference.
Synthesized through ISMG’s AI-powered editorial workflow, this report captures the pivotal conversations, innovations and strategic shifts defining the cybersecurity landscape in 2025.
This is the fifth installment in ISMG’s Pulse Report series – designed to give security leaders, policymakers and technology providers a data-backed roadmap for resilience, innovation and competitive advantage in an era of mounting digital threats.
From the collapse of traditional security models to the acceleration of AI use in cyberthreats and cyber defense, this report is a must-read for those shaping the future of cybersecurity.
Eight Pillars of RSAC 2025 Conference
The report is organized into eight critical domains of cybersecurity strategy, each supported by exclusive interviews with CISOs, executives, policymakers and technologists:
- AI’s Disruption of Security: Offensive and defensive innovation at machine speed;
- Collapse of Traditional Security Models: Identity, SaaS and the end of the perimeter;
- Digital Identity Crisis: From passwords to AI impersonation;
- Reinventing Detection and Response: Fusion teams and proactive threat hunting;
- Security as Business Strategy: New value metrics and board-level alignment;
- Critical Infrastructure Risk: Cascading vulnerabilities in IT/OT environments;
- Human-Centric Cyber Operations: Mental health, burnout and behavioral resilience;
- Rise of Cybercrime Innovation: Deepfake fraud, supply chain pivots and monetized attacks.
Why download the report?
- Benchmark your 2025 strategy against emerging global trends and CISO priorities;
- Gain competitive intelligence from 150+ expert conversations across government, tech, and enterprise;
- Validate your road map using real-world insights from the cybersecurity community’s most influential event;
- Get ahead of threats like AI-powered malware, synthetic identity fraud and SOC overload;
- Understand market sentiment across AI, cloud, quantum, identity and operational resilience.
Stay one step ahead with strategic insights from the most influential cybersecurity event of the year.