Nir Zuk, founder and CTO of Palo Alto Networks, presented the company’s 2025 predictions for cybersecurity at its recent Ignite on Tour event.
Zuk predicted a significant shift in the widespread adoption of mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR) as benchmarks for security performance.
SOCs will rely on AI-technology driven systems to detect and respond to threats, with people stepping in for more complex cases.
Organizations will move towards a single, consolidated data lake as the backbone for cybersecurity operations.
Post-quantum encryption will become increasingly vital as organizations prepare for future quantum computing threats.
Zuk’s predictions outline the need for modernized cybersecurity strategies and advanced technologies that redefine operations to counter emerging threats.
Organizations need to prepare for the future, and Zuk’s predictions for 2025 present key areas they can focus on.
The adoption of post-quantum encryption will vary by organization; some may choose to act immediately.
The rise of a unified data cloud is critical to the success of AI in security.
SOCs will phase out legacy tools such as security information and event management, or SIEM, endpoint detection and response, or EDR, and security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR).