The cybersecurity landscape reached a breaking point in 2025. The most damaging incidents weren’t driven by zero-days or advanced exploits — they were driven by abused identities, trusted integrations, and supply-chain dependencies.
70% of serious intrusions in 2025 began with identity compromise
Smarttech247 SOC data shows nearly 3 in 4 of investigated threats involved credentials, sessions, or tokens as the initial or enabling access vector.
26% increase in cloud security incidents in early 2025
The majority of impactful attacks relied on abused identities, tokens, APIs, and configuration rather than exploiting cloud infrastructure itself.
80-90% of modern attack operations are now automated by AI agents
In 2025, agentic AI frameworks began orchestrating entire intrusion chains, handling reconnaissance, scanning, exploit generation, and analysis with minimal human input.
Identity. Speed. Resilience.
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FAQs
Who is this guide for?
This report is designed for:
CISOs and security leaders
CIOs and technology decision-makers
Risk, compliance, and resilience leaders
Boards and executive teams seeking clear, actionable insight.
Is the report based on research or direct experience?
The insights come from real work with enterprise teams across SOCs, detection setups, and security operations.
What's inside the report?
The most impactful cyber incidents of 2025 and what they reveal about modern attack chains
How identity became the primary access path across cloud, SaaS, and enterprise environments
The acceleration of attacks through AI-enabled social engineering and automation
Ransomware’s evolution toward extortion, speed, and operational disruption
Why supply-chain trust and platform consolidation amplify risk
Cloud and API security trends reshaping enterprise exposure
Regulatory shifts toward demonstrable resilience
Strategic perspectives for 2026 on identity, AI, geopolitics, and security operations
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