Episode 151: 2025 Cybersecurity Predictions H2 Review — Pt 2
Update: 2025-09-03
Description
In episode 151 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, Sean Atkinson and Tony Sager conclude their mid-year review of 12 Center for Internet Security® (CIS®) experts' cybersecurity predictions for 2025. Here are some highlights from our episode:
- 01:12 . The importance of consolidating security operations and using what already exists
- 03:18 . The promise of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in relieving grunt work
- 08:26 . The great responsibility and burden of integrating GenAI into business operations
- 10:53 . How control and inspection generate trust in systems
- 17:57 . Post-quantum cryptography, IoT in edge computing, and GenAI's sociopolitical risks
- 30:21 . The need for a more holistic understanding of compliance
- 33:34 . Why zero trust doesn't mean "no trust"
- 36:56 . The need for AI as an element of critical security control
- 41:33 . The dynamic challenge of protecting all assets with varying levels of security
Resources
- 12 CIS Experts' Cybersecurity Predictions for 2025
- Episode 145: 2025 Cybersecurity Predictions H2 Review — Pt 1
- Episode 135: Five Lightning Chats at RSAC Conference 2025
- Establishing Essential Cyber Hygiene
- Episode 95: AI Augmentation and Its Impact on Cyber Defense
- Guide to Asset Classes: CIS Critical Security Controls v8.1
- An Examination of How Cyber Threat Actors Can Leverage Generative AI Platforms
- An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Episode 120: How Contextual Awareness Drives AI Governance
- Episode 118: Preparing for Post-Quantum Cryptography
- Episode 63: Building Capability and Integration with SBOMs
- Episode 99: How Cyber-Informed Engineering Builds Resilience
- Mapping and Compliance with the CIS Controls
- Mapping and Compliance with the CIS Benchmarks
- CIS Community Defense Model 2.0
If you have some feedback or an idea for an upcoming episode of Cybersecurity Where You Are, let us know by emailing podcast@cisecurity.org.
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