Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025
Contents
The state of cyber defense
We are living through a defining inflection point in cybersecurity, where digital transformation and AI are pushing threats to new levels of speed, scale, and sophistication. Cyberattacks are no longer isolated IT issues; they shape economies, geopolitics, and public trust.
Yet defenders are already using AI to block billions in fraud, compress response times from hours to minutes, and scale protections globally. Meeting this moment requires innovation to stay ahead of adversaries, resilience to absorb inevitable attacks, and partnership to strengthen culture and collaboration across industries and governments.
This is not a retrospective. It is a call to action: the threats are compounding, the timelines for response are shrinking, and the stakes extend far beyond IT systems. Cyber threats increasingly challenge economic stability, democratic integrity, and individual safety.
This year’s report highlights the most pressing themes in today’s threat landscape: the rise of hybrid ransomware and phishing, the growth …
We are living through a defining inflection point in cybersecurity, where digital transformation and AI are pushing threats to new levels of speed, scale, and sophistication. Cyberattacks are no longer isolated IT issues; they shape economies, geopolitics, and public trust.
Yet defenders are already using AI to block billions in fraud, compress response times from hours to minutes, and scale protections globally. Meeting this moment requires innovation to stay ahead of adversaries, resilience to absorb inevitable attacks, and partnership to strengthen culture and collaboration across industries and governments.
This is not a retrospective. It is a call to action: the threats are compounding, the timelines for response are shrinking, and the stakes extend far beyond IT systems. Cyber threats increasingly challenge economic stability, democratic integrity, and individual safety.
This year’s report highlights the most pressing themes in today’s threat landscape: the rise of hybrid ransomware and phishing, the growth …