Global Incident Response Report 2025

As digital technology adoption increases, the threat of cyber attacks on businesses also grows. This report by Criticaleye partner Palo Alto Networks analyses the emerging trends that are transforming the threat landscape and how businesses can respond effectively to these challenges.

Key takeaways include:

• As encryption-focused attacks became less effective, threat actors pivoted to a new extortion tactic: data exfiltration followed by harassment
• In 2024, just under a third of incidents were cloud-related
• Attacks are accelerating, giving defenders less time to respond