With 2025 on the horizon, the time to act is now. Cyber threats are evolving rapidly, and complacency is no longer an option. CIOs, CISOs, and IT leaders must take decisive steps to safeguard their organizations against the growing sophistication of attacks and the unique challenges of modern digital environments.
From the EU AI Act to emerging state-level AI laws in the US, 2025 promises heightened scrutiny and demands on IT systems. Organizations must adopt forward-thinking strategies, leveraging emerging technologies like LLMs and governance tools, to navigate this terrain effectively. CIOs should prioritise proactive compliance measures to safeguard operations and maintain competitive advantage.
The continuous improvements in AI have led to their rise in use as a tool to commit insurance fraud. This causes insurance companies to lose money and increase premiums to cover the costs of paying out fraudulent claims. CTOs and cybersecurity leaders in the insurance industry must implement fraud detection methods to combat AI and deepfakes.
The new year brings more challenges and opportunities for CIOs and IT executives. Knowing what they are and how to meet them is crucial for enterprises to excel in their respective markets. This four-part series identifies the four major trends IT leaders must navigate in 2025–the first is Artificial Intelligence (AI).
As cloud computing becomes a vital component for businesses, enterprises have struggled to keep their cloud costs from spiralling out of control. Cloud engineers and administrators should be equipped with strategies to optimize cloud expenditure and maximize return on investment.
Apple prevented competing Payment Service Providers (PSPs) from using NFC chips in Apple devices for contactless payments. This has made it difficult for PSPs to succeed in the Apple ecosystem. The EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) forced Apple to remove this restriction and created a more competitive market. PSP IT leaders and app developers should take advantage of this opportunity to increase their users and profits.
Traditional web searches can be irritating to employees who must use complex queries because the system does not understand what they want. AI-powered search (or an AI search engine) mitigates these issues by understanding context while providing summaries, conversation functionality, and citing sources. IT leaders should read this article to understand how AI search engines work and how choose the best solution for their needs.
AI’s fast evolution has sparked innovation and creativity, but this has also made it difficult to regulate. Laws like the EU AI Act are in force and similar laws will be rolled out in other jurisdictions. Two bills from Colorado and California are examples of extensive responses to regulating AI in the US at the state level. AI service providers operating within the US must pay attention to these two bills and prepare themselves for future legislation from other states.
The rapid adoption of cloud technology has led to increased cloud-related security incidents, primarily due to misconfigurations and inadequate compliance measures. The need for integrated and efficient security solutions has grown as cloud environments become more complex. Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) has emerged as a comprehensive approach that unifies various cloud security tools, offering enhanced visibility, control, and compliance across multiple cloud services. Security administrators and CISOs in SMEs should assess CNAPP to determine its suitability for their organization.
Energy consumption will continue to rise as AI models increase in size and improve in performance. Hardware improvements will not be enough to stop this trend. Neuromorphic computing lowers energy consumption, reduces your AI budget, and improves your AI sustainability efforts. CTOs and IT leaders must pay attention to this field and put plans in place to leverage this technology in the future to stay ahead of competitors.