Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

If you’re a SonicWall partner, chances are 2025 tested your patience, and your margins. Between high-profile breaches, unexpected price increases, and strategic pivots that created more confusion than clarity, many partners were left absorbing the fallout while working harder for less return. As the security landscape continues to evolve, partners deserve a platform that simplifies operations, protects customers, and supports sustainable growth.

A few years ago, an IP address was enough to identify users online ‒ almost like a physical address that indicated where they were located. Today, however, users no longer rely on a single device or location, making it far more difficult for organizations to recognize who is accessing their systems, from where, and with what level of risk.

It’s evident that the cybersecurity industry took notice of the remarkable growth and maturation Acronis achieved in 2025. Through comprehensive analyst evaluations, rigorous third-party testing and user reviews, leading organizations across the cybersecurity spectrum have validated the development of Acronis as a comprehensive leader in cyber protection. A complete list of analyst reports and user review recognitions, as well as test results Acronis accumulated in 2025, includes.

With 66% of B2B customers now checking for SOC 2 vulnerability compliance before signing contracts, vulnerability assessment and continuous security monitoring are now expected not just during annual audits, but as regular operational exercises.

See how Torq harnesses AI in your SOC to detect, prioritize, and respond to threats faster. Request a Demo 2025 marked a significant shift in the security operations landscape. The industry focus moved beyond simple task automation to full-scale autonomy, driven by the adoption of agentic AI and Hyperautomation. Throughout the year, we documented this transition through technical research, strategic frameworks, and real-world implementation stories.

We’re excited to announce the availability of two multi-product solutions in AWS Marketplace today. ATG and Vanta: Fast Track to Compliance Acceleration, along with Digital Trust Accelerator with Cognisys & Vanta to allow organizations to easily discover, try, test, buy, and deploy—as well as manage—thousands of software solutions. This new drop includes pre-built AI agents and ready-to-integrate tools, all in one place. ‍

Over the years, cybersecurity predictions tend to all sound the same. Ransomware attacks will continue, supply-chain incidents will increase, and phishing will remain a problem. However, the tail end of 2025 and 2026 presented the cybersecurity industry with a new concern, Agentic AI. Agentic AI capabilities far exceed the basic AI concerns that were reported in the past. Its ability to make decisions and take actions on its own, without needing a human to approve every step, is a game-changer.

In the current threat landscape, the margin for error is nonexistent. According to the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025,1 the average cost of a data breach in the US has surged to a record $10.22 million — a 9% increase from the previous year. For security teams, this reality creates a high-pressure environment where every missed signal or allowed compromise can spiral into a headline-making crisis.