Back
Cybersecurity Ventures projects
webcybersecurityventures.com·cybersecurityventures.com/cybersecurity-almanac-2025/
Tangentially relevant to AI safety as AI systems increasingly intersect with cybersecurity; useful for understanding the threat environment in which AI-enabled or AI-targeted attacks may occur, but not directly focused on AI alignment or safety.
Metadata
Importance: 35/100organizational reportreference
Summary
The Cybersecurity Almanac 2025 by Cybersecurity Ventures compiles key statistics, forecasts, and trends in global cybersecurity, including projections on cybercrime costs, workforce gaps, and threat landscape evolution. It serves as a comprehensive reference document for understanding the scale and trajectory of cyber threats facing organizations and critical infrastructure. The almanac is widely cited in industry and policy discussions around cybersecurity investment and risk.
Key Points
- •Projects global cybercrime costs to reach trillions of dollars annually, making it one of the largest economic threats worldwide.
- •Highlights persistent cybersecurity workforce shortages, with millions of unfilled positions globally hampering defensive capabilities.
- •Covers threats to critical infrastructure including energy, finance, healthcare, and government sectors from nation-state and criminal actors.
- •Provides forecasts on ransomware frequency, data breach trends, and the growing attack surface from IoT and cloud adoption.
- •Used as a reference by policymakers, CISOs, and researchers to contextualize investment needs and governance priorities in cybersecurity.
Cited by 1 page
| Page | Type | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| Cyberweapons Risk | Risk | 91.0 |
Cached Content Preview
HTTP 200Fetched Mar 20, 202668 KB
Cybersecurity Predictions. PHOTO: Cybercrime Magazine.
## 11 Dec 2025 Cybersecurity Almanac: 100 Facts, Figures, Predictions And Statistics
Posted at 11:15h
in [Lists](https://cybersecurityventures.com/category/lists/)
by [Taylor Fox](https://cybersecurityventures.com/author/tfox/)
- [Share on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcybersecurityventures.com%2Fcybersecurity-almanac-2025%2F&t=2025+Cybersecurity+Almanac%3A+100+Facts%2C+Figures%2C+Predictions+And+Statistics "Share on Facebook")
- [Share on Twitter](https://x.com/intent/post?text=2025%20Cybersecurity%20Almanac%3A%20100%20Facts%2C%20Figures%2C%20Predictions%20And%20Statistics&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcybersecurityventures.com%2Fcybersecurity-almanac-2025%2F "Share on Twitter")
- [Share on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&ro=true&trk=EasySocialShareButtons&title=2025+Cybersecurity+Almanac%3A+100+Facts%2C+Figures%2C+Predictions+And+Statistics&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcybersecurityventures.com%2Fcybersecurity-almanac-2025%2F "Share on LinkedIn")
- [Share on Email](mailto:?subject=Shared%20post%20from%20Cybercrime%20Magazine%20-%20Cybersecurityventures.com&body=Hi%2C%20this%20may%20be%20interesting%20you%3A%202025%20Cybersecurity%20Almanac%3A%20100%20Facts%2C%20Figures%2C%20Predictions%20And%20Statistics%21%20This%20is%20the%20link%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fcybersecurityventures.com%2Fcybersecurity-almanac-2025%2F "Share on Email")
###### _The past, present, and future of cybercrime. [Brought to you by Evolution Equity Partners](https://evolutionequity.com/)_
_–_ [_Steve Morgan_](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cybersecuritysf/) _, Editor-In-Chief_
Sausalito, Calif. – Dec. 11, 2025
**If it were measured as a country, then cybercrime — which is predicted to inflict damages totaling $10.5 trillion USD globally in 2025, according to Cybersecurity Ventures — would be the world’s third-largest economy after the U.S. and China, surpassing the wealth of entire nations.**
Cybersecurity Ventures is excited to release this special fifth annual edition of the Cybersecurity Almanac, a handbook containing the most pertinent statistics and information for understanding cybercrime and the cybersecurity market.
We have something for everyone, including students, parents, academia, government, law enforcement, small-to-midsized businesses, Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies, IT workers, cybersecurity experts, chief security officers, the boardroom, and C-suite executives.
The latest edition of the Cybersecurity Almanac provides an enlightening journey into noteworthy security incidents and the hackers behind them, as well as a comprehensive overview of critical historical dates, insightful statistical information, the cyberdefense landscape, cybersecurity investment trends, a
... (truncated, 68 KB total)Resource ID:
80257f9133e98385 | Stable ID: ZmVmY2VjNz