2025 Cyber Resilience Research Discovers Speed of AI Advancing Emerging Attack Types
New Global Data Helps Organizations Move to Cyber Resilience and Shatter Silos
It is no secret that AI is advancing at a blistering pace for everyone – including cyber adversaries. The mainstream unveiling of generative AI in 2024 brought about the biggest disruption in computing since the microprocessor.
AI solutions promise the world unprecedented levels of efficiency, speed, and automation. However, this seemingly utopian and disruptive technology is evolving more quickly than governance and regulations can keep pace and implement guard rails for use and adoption.
The rapid pace of AI evolution and power for business is also a powerful way for cyber adversaries to advance their craft. They are taking advantage of the speed and scale of AI to continue with traditional attack types as well as moving quickly with emerging and sophisticated attacks.
The new 2025 LevelBlue Futures Report: Cyber Resilience and Business Impact highlights the struggle for organizations to discern deepfake attacks – 59% of organizations say it is becoming more difficult for employees to discern real from not real; 44% of organizations say deepfakes and synthetic identity attacks are likely in their organization within the next year; and 32% of organizations say they are prepared for deepfake and synthetic identity attacks.
Cyber Resilience Awareness Is Improving and Building Confidence
These startling deepfake numbers suggest that cybersecurity can no longer operate in a silo. Enter the need for cyber resilience and alignment with the line of business.
Cyber resilience requires the entire organization to coalesce in the event of an unforeseen incident impacting the IT estate. Our year-over-year comparison of data regarding the effectiveness, understanding, and preparation of cyber resilience shows improvement, but with a majority (55%) citing cyber resilience as not a whole-organization priority.
Build a Proactive Culture
A highlight of our 2025 research uncovered five common characteristics of cyber-resilient organizations and how they are able to balance innovation and risk because of their approach to cybersecurity.
Cyber-resilient organizations are aligned with the line of business and its critical few objectives, they are making incident response planning a priority, and they are engaging with trusted third-party advisors for threat intelligence as well as broader cybersecurity services.
Read the 2025 LevelBlue Futures Report to learn more about the characteristics of cyber-resilient organizations and determine how your organization fares in the quest to be cyber resilient.
About the 2025 LevelBlue Futures Report
This seminal research is designed to start or continue the conversation in organizations of all types regarding the preparedness and readiness of your cybersecurity organization and its ability to thrive in the face of uncertainty, determined adversaries, and sophisticated attacks.
Survey results are based on the input of 1,500 cybersecurity leaders and decision makers, across 16 countries, and seven industries.
In this data-rich research, you will learn:
- Why cyber resilience is an essential ingredient for all organizations
- What characteristics make a cyber-resilient organization
- How to prepare for more sophisticated attacks
- How the software supply chain impacts risk
Cybersecurity is a business requirement that impacts risk, budget, and innovation. A proactive and intentional approach to cybersecurity is a necessary ingredient for today’s business.