In this guest post, Thoughtworks’ CISO Nitin Raina and Head of Security Architecture Nazneen Rupawalla share their outlook on the security landscape for 2025, including emerging risks and fresh approaches to confronting them. As security leaders, we’re always monitoring for new threats looming just over the horizon. To protect our business and our customers, we need to stay one step ahead of threat actors, anticipating risks before they can cause harm. With a new year approaching, here are some of the emerging threats we’re seeing in cybersecurity, and some insights on how best to combat them. AI-powered threats and solutions The era of artificial intelligence (AI) is officially here, and we’re seeing extraordinary AI-powered innovation on both sides of the security battle. AI-driven cyberattacks, like deepfakes and phishing attacks, are becoming increasingly sophisticated. They’re evolving to more successfully evade detection and deceive end users. And as AI itself.