The 2025 Verizon Data Breach Report: A Wake-Up Call For MSPs
Security Boulevard, Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
Call it an urgent reality check for managed service providers (MSPs). If you're managing client infrastructure and security, you must pay attention to the recently released 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR).
Among the wealth of findings, two trends in particular should set off alarm bells: The dramatic spike in vulnerability exploitation and the doubling of third-party breaches.
For 17 years, Verizon's annual DBIR has provided authoritative insights into the evolving threat landscape. This year's report offers a sobering perspective for service providers: Attackers are operationalizing vulnerability exploitation and targeting trusted third parties at unprecedented rates.