In an era where digital transformation is not an option, but a necessity, organisations are increasingly challenged by rapidly evolving technological and regulatory landscapes. As cyber threats escalate, compliance requirements tighten, and the need for resilience becomes ever more critical, businesses require a strategic ally. Our Predictions 2025 Report identifies four key strategies to help organisations fuel success by navigating these challenges and unlocking new growth and innovation opportunities.
Tackling Cybersecurity Challenges Head on
According to Statista, over 740,000 cases of cybercrime were reported to the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) in India within the first four months of 2024 alone. However, what’s more concerning is that only 4% of organisations in India are fully prepared to tackle modern cybersecurity risks in 2024, according to the Cisco Cybersecurity Readiness Index.
To counter this effectively, organisations must start modernising their security teams and adopt advanced AI-driven tools to predict and manage potential risks and threats efficiently. Security Operations Centres (SOC) equipped with AI/ML capabilities will also be able to correlate data and signals across systems efficiently. This enables security teams to identify vulnerabilities before it becomes a problem, reducing the likelihood of breaches and significantly shortening recovery times, overall strengthening cybersecurity resilience.
Vendor resilience also remains a critical issue, as a single error from one vendor can disrupt entire systems. Organisations will need to prioritise transparency and collaborative governance to tackle this. Strong vendor management frameworks and shared accountability are essential for ensuring continuity and minimising disruptions.
With the increasing sophistication of cyberattacks, fueled by the necessity of a reevaluation of what constitutes a material cybersecurity incident, moving forward, organisations that establish a clear definition of these incidents can act decisively and proactively against complex threats.
Elevating Observability for Innovation
Observability is evolving from an effective troubleshooting tool to a driver of innovation. The State of Observability 2024 report reveals that 86% of organisations plan to increase their investments in observability, with leaders achieving a 2.6x annual ROI across efficiency and uptime.
Given that downtime costs the Global 2000 an estimated $400 billion annually, the ability to leverage real-time insights is invaluable. Observability for AIOps is a critical aspect in protecting the pace of innovation in an organisation as well as helping teams detect anomalies, identify root causes, and automate fixes, in turn minimising downtime, ensuring system reliability and enjoying operational efficiency.
Beyond that, by turning performance data into actionable insights, observability also enables businesses to link system performance directly to key outcomes such as customer retention and revenue growth- actively reshaping product roadmaps. Engineering teams are able to access real-time performance and usage data throughout the development cycle, allowing them to refine features, enhance customer experiences and drive innovation.
AI as a Strategic Enabler
AI investments are transitioning from experimental to results-driven applications. As business leaders start to look at the business value of AI, security teams can fully leverage AI as a strategic enabler.
Solutions like AI-driven anomaly and threat detection can significantly enhance security operations, improving accuracy and enabling even junior analysts to effectively manage complex incidents. This democratisation of AI tools not only boosts efficiency, it helps address the IT skills gap.
Moreover, AI applications that provide orchestrated and automated responses are playing a key role in enhancing productivity. By recommending and executing automated response actions, and summarizing results to help analysts review and determine next steps with confidence, burnout skilled analysts are able to focus on higher-level work and incident response.
Navigating Regulatory Changes
In a landscape of geopolitical shifts and fragmented data compliance rules, organisations need to stay ahead of regulatory changes. Flexible systems that enable real-time insights and agile responses are essential for adapting to evolving requirements. With the growing standardisation of cybersecurity “materiality,” organisations are forming cross-functional teams across legal, IT, and leadership departments to manage compliance more efficiently.
Splunk’s 2025 Predictions report emphasises that organisations investing in agile compliance frameworks are better equipped to navigate regulatory challenges, reducing risks and ensuring faster adaptation. Erasing siloed work through shared dashboards, unified solutions and collaborative tools, teams are better equipped to monitor regulatory shifts, plan for changes, and proactively mitigate risks, ensuring operational stability and protecting stakeholder trust.
A Blueprint for the Future
Succeeding in the AI-era is beyond adopting new technologies — it’s about establishing new ways of collaborating and integrating them across business units within an organisation. With a unified approach encompassing security, observability, AI and compliance, businesses will be able to achieve digital resilience and innovate securely and confidently, in turn positioning themselves for long-term success.