{"id":11254,"date":"2025-06-24T17:56:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colemandev.directivesites.com\/cybersecurity-predictions-for-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T20:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T20:00:22","slug":"cybersecurity-predictions-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/?p=11254","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity Predictions for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eb-entry-article clearfix\" data-blog-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"eb-image eb-post-thumb is-left\" data-eb-entry-cover=\"\">\n<a caption=\"\" class=\"eb-post-image eb-image-popup-button\" href=\"https:\/\/colemandev.directivesites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/prediction.jpg\" style=\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twidth: 200px;\n\t\t\t\t\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"prediction\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"prediction\" height=\"200px\" src=\"https:\/\/colemandev.directivesites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/prediction.jpg\" width=\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t200px;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cybercrime and cybersecurity threats targeting businesses have increased consistently over the last several years, so it makes sense that it won\u2019t slow down in 2025. Let\u2019s take a look at a few insights so you know what to be ready for.<\/p>\n<h2>Cybercrime is a Business that is Driven by Money<\/h2>\n<p>Cybercriminals target small businesses because it\u2019s profitable to do so. They know smaller businesses might not have the same level of protection as a much larger company, but they certainly have access to valuable data, and would be willing to pay a ransom to keep their data.<\/p>\n<p>That means cybercriminals treat their own work like a business, and they are constantly researching and sharing new ways to exploit small businesses to get the most return.<\/p>\n<h2>Attacks Will Use Multiple Approaches<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ve been seeing this a lot over the last year\u2014cybersecurity attacks might include multiple stages with backup plans to infiltrate your network. It might start with a phishing attack, but if that fails, the cybercriminal might resort to using social engineering attacks over social media or the phone.<\/p>\n<h2>AI is Empowering Cybercriminals<\/h2>\n<p>AI is a pretty powerful tool for the average office worker, so it\u2019s absolutely going to be leveraged by the bad guys. AI attacks make cybersecurity threats more personalized, faster, and harder to detect. Criminals can use AI to automate large-scale attacks and adjust their attack vectors more rapidly, making it much harder to defend yourself.<\/p>\n<h2>The Biggest Threat is the Unknown<\/h2>\n<p>When it comes to cybersecurity, the most devastating type of threat is the one you aren\u2019t prepared for. New types of threats crop up all the time, and they tend to do the most widespread damage before the rest of the world is able to counter them. With the trends we\u2019ve been seeing, and the insights above, cybersecurity is a critical part of doing business and needs to be taken seriously by every single organization.<\/p>\n<h2>Let\u2019s Protect Your Business from Cybersecurity Threats<\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s work together to make 2025 a great year for your business. We can help prevent cyberthreats, equip your business with the tools it needs to be safe, and monitor and maintain your IT to keep things running smoothly. To get started, give us a call at (604) 513-9428.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cybercrime and cybersecurity threats targeting businesses have increased consistently over the last several years, so it makes sense that it won\u2019t slow down in 2025. Let\u2019s take a look at a few insights so you know what to be ready for. Cybercrime is a Business that is Driven by Money Cybercriminals target small businesses because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":10774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,93,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phishing","category-ransomware","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12339,"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11254\/revisions\/12339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}