Black Hat 2025: What Keeps Cyber Experts Up At Night?
eWeek, Friday, August 8th, 2025
We asked a simple question to cybersecurity pros at Black Hat 25: What keeps you up at night?
Their answers cut through the noise, surfacing urgent concerns about evolving threats, weak organizational readiness, and an uncertain future. But one theme rose above the rest: AI is accelerating everything. Infrastructure grows faster, attacks land quicker, and defenders are racing to keep up.
The consensus? Defenses are lagging, while the risks continue to intensify.