The 2025 cybersecurity landscape has changed beyond all previous recognition. Today, we realize that AI has fundamentally altered both the threat vectors and defensive paradigms across financial services. As adversaries deploy increasingly sophisticated AI-powered attacks (from deepfake identity spoofing to automated API exploitation campaigns), the traditional reactive security posture has become existentially dangerous.
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Datos Insights’ Impact Awards are designed to recognize and celebrate innovation achieved by financial institutions leveraging technology to surpass the status quo. Award recipients and their innovations are bringing the industry one step closer to triumphing over the sophisticated cyber-criminal ecosystem fostering attacks on institutions and their customers The winners of the 2025 Impact Awards in Cybersecurity follow: Akamai, AuthenticID, Cy4Data, Diligent, Kovrr, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Radiant Logic, Symmetry Systems, Veeam, and Wallarm.
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This report mentions Akamai, AuthenticID, Cy4Data, Diligent, Kovrr, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Radiant Logic, Symmetry Systems, Veeam, and Wallarm.
About the Author
Jane Ginn
Jane Ginn is a cybersecurity analyst with extensive knowledge of the cybersecurity industry and cyber threat intelligence tradecraft. She is a leader and manager with over 35 years of experience in information technology, international business, and engineering consulting. From 2014 to 2023, she served as the Secretary of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Systems (OASIS) Cyber Threat...
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John Horn
John Horn leads the Cybersecurity practice at Datos Insights, which provides valuable cybersecurity and identity research, insights, and advisory services to financial services firms. In addition to leading a team of Strategic Advisors, John functions as a distinguished industry expert and critical thinker within the rapidly evolving domains of identity, cybersecurity, and risk. His coverage areas include identity security, identity and access...
Douglas DePeppe
Douglas DePeppe, a former cyber-law practice leader in the military and U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has been specializing as a multidisciplinary cyber risk advisor since 2004. He holds a Juris Doctor and a Master of Laws degree with a focus on national security law and cyber-law. He served on the 2009 White House 60-day Cyberspace Policy Review, as part...