You don’t have to spend long working in security to know that the challenges are constant and ever-evolving. In 2025, security teams face unprecedented complexity, driven not only by emerging threats but also by the daunting task of adopting AI securely amid a rapidly-shifting regulatory landscape.
The good news though, as highlighted in IDC white paper Voice of Security 2025*, sponsored by Tines and AWS, is that these challenges are exactly what gets security professionals out of bed in the morning. According to this survey of over 900 security leaders, creativity, variety, and continuous learning are the aspects security leaders enjoy most about their work.
The IDC white paper also reveals some less encouraging trends - security workloads are increasing, AI adoption is plagued by blockers, and large tool stacks threaten to add complications, rather than remove them.
Despite these hurdles, security leaders are stepping up, driving ambitious security initiatives, exploring more advanced AI use cases, and planning to integrate automation across business units, all the while hitting their performance goals. There are, however, notable blind spots in some areas of leadership, particularly in prioritizing work-life balance.
We’ve put together a deep dive into the data to uncover where security teams are making the most impact, where they’re struggling, and what steps leaders can take to improve team efficiency and organizational resilience.
Here's a taster of what to expect:
Want to dig deeper? Join me and Cheryl Cage, Principal Security Strategist at AWS, for a live webinar on March 26. We’ll break down the key findings from the research and explore practical strategies security teams can apply today.
Attendees will learn:
How AI and automation are transforming security strategies
The biggest challenges leaders face - and what’s holding them back
What drives job satisfaction (and frustration) in security leadership
Where tooling helps and where it’s adding to the pain
What leaders look for when hiring security analysts
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*Source: IDC White Paper, sponsored by Tines and AWS, Voice of Security 2025: Security Leaders’ Perspectives on AI Adoption, Team Performance, and Job Satisfaction, #US53204125, March 2025