The State of Cyber Security 2025

THE CISO’S GUIDE TO AI-DRIVEN HYBRID WORKFORCE SECURITY

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Employing and defending against artificial intelligence is the biggest challenge CISOs will face in 2025. AI will enhance cyber security, but it will also empower malicious actors to innovate their attack methods. It promises to unlock new avenues of productivity but also comes with profound challenges to data loss prevention (DLP).

In response to these evolving threats, a strategic, well-informed approach is essential. Kickstart your journey to smarter, better security with Check Point’s 2025 Cyber Security Report. The report surfaces global and regional trends by surveying the threat landscape using attack telemetry from networks, cloud, email, endpoints, and mobile devices, as well as incorporating incident response, dark web, and open-source findings. We’ve extracted five essential points from our annual report to provide a solid game plan for CISOs to secure their hybrid workforce in 2025.

1. Enable Robust Access Controls

If using MFA is not a company-wide policy for accessing every SaaS, server, and cloud, resource then your network is vulnerable.

MFA is your first line of defense, ensuring that only authorized users can access your systems. Employee education is also key here to help resist social engineering attacks that trick users into authorizing MFA requests they didn’t initiate.

Once you’ve got MFA enabled across the organization, plan the move to a Zero Trust access architecture based on the principles of least privilege.

The absence of robust authentication and access controls in some organizations particularly the lack of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for cloud services - contributed to a significant data loss incident this year. Check Point’s Cyber Security Report 2025, p. 26

2. Control GenAI

GenAI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are essential productivity boosters, but preventing the oversharing of private company data such as financials will be a key challenge.

Controlling access requires a mix of tools including web filtering, SaaS controls, and data loss prevention (DLP). Your SaaS controls should provide granular visibility into user actions to ensure compliance, and DLP must be augmented by AI itself to identify anything that’s unlikely to be picked up by traditional DLP rules.

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Establishing stricter controls on AI tools within an organization’s systems will be crucial for striking a balance between enhancing productivity while ensuring data privacy protections. Check Point’s Cyber Security Report 2025, p. 52

Organizations should implement a multi-layered security strategy that includes regular data backups, robust email filtering, employee training, endpoint detection and response (EDR), and strict access controls employing least privilege principles. Check Point’s Cyber Security Report 2025, p. 54

Harness the power of advanced artificial intelligence by implementing proactive, automated solutions for accurate detection in real time. Check Point’s Cyber Security Report 2025, p. 54

3. Zero Trust as Part of Multilayered Security

Deploying multiple tools to protect data, user endpoints, and access is critical for any operation. An essential part of any multilayered security approach is strict access control. In 2025 that means employing application-by-application Zero Trust access rules. To start, map out your company applications and resources, define which employees need access, and set permissions for each.

The more challenging, and arguably more essential, part of any multilayered security approach is strict access control. In 2025 that means employing application-by-application Zero Trust access rules. To start, map out your company applications and resources, define which employees need access, and set permissions for each.

4. Integrate AI-Based Security

To beat AI, you need to leverage AI. Threats are moving too fast to rely solely on traditional security measures backed by human researchers. That component is still essential, but you also need AI solutions that can actively detect threats, categorize them, and then move to defend customers across the globe in a timely manner.

These solutions should also leverage AI to detect unusual behavior on the endpoint, within the network, and in interactions with SaaS solutions.

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The average enterprise uses over 45 security tools, data silos can lead to visibility gaps. A unified security platform with AI capabilities enhances visibility and control, improving breach detection and prevention while saving time and money. Check Point’s Cyber Security Report 2025, p. 54

5. Get 360 Visibility

“Tool sprawl” is endemic across IT departments worldwide. This happens when an IT team manages multiple tools for specific use cases across an endless number of consoles.

A better approach is to consolidate your solutions as much as possible into a single unified management platform. If you can, for example, observe network threat detection and endpoint detection in one spot, your IT team will be far more effective at discovering and closing potential security gaps.

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Check Point’s SASE for 2025 Check Point’s SASE delivers unified, AI-powered security tailored for the hybrid workforce.

• Robust Access Controls: Combine your MFA capabilities with Zero Trust Access (ZTNA), Check Point’s SASE ensures that users gain the access they require—no more, no less

• GenAI Controls: GenAI Security monitors employee actions on AI sites, what kind of data they are uploading, and blocks the sharing of sensitive data

• Zero Trust & Multilayered Security: Zero Trust Access from Check Point’s SASE is an essential part of a multilayered security approach for protecting your users, network, and cloud

• AI-Based Security at Scale: Check Point’s ThreatCloud AI is the brain behind all of Check Point’s products combining the latest AI technologies with big data threat intelligence to identify and prevent attacks

• 360 Visibility from a Single Console: Help your security teams make faster, data-driven decisions with actionable insights and unified management with Check Point’s Infinity Portal

Embrace AI-driven innovation while securing hybrid workers and delivering unified protection to every corner of your infrastructure.

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