The document discusses the results of an expert survey about future cyber attacks and IT security challenges in 2025. Experts predict that (1) attacks on the Internet of Things will increase, (2) next generation malware will be more sophisticated and precise, and (3) social engineering attacks targeting users will rise. To combat these threats, IT security needs to offer advanced artificial intelligence for quick response and automated detection of targeted attacks, as well as new authentication methods. Experts say the biggest challenges are users' lack of security awareness, exploding data volumes, lack of coordination against cybercrime, and fast technological changes like the IoT. Companies must increase security training and continuously improve automated data analysis and secure cloud solutions to ensure IT security

1. CYBER ATTACKS & IT SECURITY IN 2025

2. The expert survey concerning future trends
and challenges in IT security
IN 2025& IT SECURITYCYBER
ATTACKS

3. » With which type of cyber attacks will we be
confronted with in 2025?
» Which functionalities are IT security technologies
currently lacking and what do they need to offer in
2025?
» Which are the biggest challenges for IT security
today and which will there be in 2025?
» In which areas of IT security do companies need to
invest in order to be viable in 2025?
HOW SECURE IS
TOMORROW‘S IT?

4. Qualitative study / Questionnaire,
typological analysis
Expert answers given by
» IT security officers of medium-sized and large
enterprises
» Highly specialized analysts that monitor IT security of
large corporations
» Researchers that deal with IT security research for more
than 5 years
» Programming experts with specialization on IT risk
analyses software
ABOUT THE EXPERTS
AND THE METHOD

5. EXPERTS ABOUT
CYBER ATTACKS
IN 2025

6. DANGER NO. 1

7. » The future starts now:
» The number of attacks with regards
to the Internet of Things will explode
DANGER NO. 1

8. DANGER NO. 2

9. DANGER NO. 2
» Malware of the next generation
will be even more dangerous
(Original quotes)
“Integrated backdoors”
“Attacks with undreamed
precision, range and speed”

10. DANGER NO. 3

11. DANGER NO. 3
» The user as starting point for attacks,
especially for social engineering attacks
“Users are
the weakest link” “Personal data
is stolen”
“Social engineering
is growing”

12. WHAT
IT SECURITY TECHNOLOGY
NEEDS TO
OFFERIN 2025

13. WHAT IT SECURITY TECHNOLOGY
NEEDS TO OFFER IN 2025
» Most important ability: artificial intelligence
for prompt reactions to attacks
» Major advances in automated attack
detection and reaction
» Urgently needed new authentication
methods
“Self defense of
systems”
“Intelligently automated
detection of targeted
attacks”
“The end of the
password generation”

14. EXPERTS ABOUT CHALLENGES
FOR IT SECURITY
» Users, their security
awareness and security
knowhow
» Today’s data mass and the
future data explosion
TODAY
TOMORRO
W
The lack of IT standards and
coordination between actors that
fight against cyber criminality
The fast technological
progress, above all the IoT
TOMORRO
W
TODAY
TODAY
AND
TOMORRO
W

15. THE RIGHT
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
FOR A SECURE
CORPORATE IT IN 2025
RESOURCE
ALLOCATION
THE RIGHT
FOR A SECURECORPORATE IT IN 2025

16. THE RIGHT
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
FOR A SECURE
CORPORATE IT IN 2025
» Increase awareness on all hierarchy levels
and train security professionals continuously
“Ignorance on CxO level”
“Staff in the security
stone age”
“2025 – possibly security middle ages reached”

17. » More attention to automatized analyses
of security relevant data in real time
THE RIGHT
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
FOR A SECURE
CORPORATE IT IN 2025
“Predict attacks“
“Analyses in real time”
“(Really) secure cloud solutions”

18. CONCLUSION
The framework factors that define the
future of IT security:

19. CONCLUSION
The framework factors that define the
future of IT security:
The user behavior
The advance of IT security at similar pace
as the technological progress
The development of cyber attacks in
comparison with the further development
of IT security technologies
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20. IT IS ALL
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