Generative AI is transforming the modern workplace. It offers new opportunities but also unprecedented risks, such as industrial-scale exploit production and data leaks through employee use of GenAI tools. In 2025, defending a hybrid workforce means adapting fast, securing smarter, and consolidating your operations wisely.
Here are five key security priorities we’ve teased out from Check Point’s 2025 Cyber Security Report to help CISOs stay ahead of the dynamic threat landscape.
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Start With Strong Access Controls
Still not enforcing MFA for your users across your applications? That’s an open invitation to attackers. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is step one. But don’t stop there. Move toward a zero trust network access model based on least-privilege principles. Map who needs access to what—and grant no more than that.
“The absence of robust authentication and access controls… contributed to a significant data loss incident this year.” — Check Point Cyber Security Report 2025
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Control GenAI to Prevent Data Leakage
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude are invaluable for productivity—but risky without the right controls. Employees might unintentionally share sensitive financials or customer data. A smart defense combines web filtering, granular SaaS access controls, and AI-enhanced data loss prevention (DLP) to spot leaks that traditional tools might miss.
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Implement Zero Trust as Part of a Multilayered Strategy
Your employees, devices, and apps move between homes, branches, and clouds. A multilayered security approach—spanning devices, email, cloud, and beyond—must now include per-application zero trust access. Define access policies by role, context, and risk to lock down internal movement.
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Leverage AI to Fight AI
Today’s threats move faster than human response. That’s why AI-driven defense is no longer optional. AI can detect novel attacks and defend your organization quickly. Check Point’s ThreatCloud AI, for example, processes big data and global threat intel to stop attacks before damage is done.
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Consolidate Tools to Gain 360 Visibility
Enterprises today juggle over 45 security tools on average. The result? Blind spots and burnout. Unifying detection, control, and reporting across endpoints, networks, and cloud in a single platform gives your team faster insights and better outcomes. Less noise. More clarity.
Validated Protection for the Modern Workforce
Check Point’s approach was recently validated in the 2025 Miercom AI-Powered Cyber Security Platform Assessment, where we outperformed peers in Zero Trust enforcement, secure internet access, and AI-driven threat prevention. The report highlighted our superior security efficacy, ease of use, and completeness of platform — confirming Check Point’s readiness to defend hybrid workforces in the enterprise.
How Check Point SASE Helps You Win in 2025
Check Point’s Harmony SASE brings together these principles in one cloud-delivered platform:
- MFA + Zero Trust Access for least-privilege control.
- GenAI Data Control to monitor and block risky AI usage.
- AI-powered Threat Prevention through ThreatCloud AI.
- 360 Visibility via a unified management platform.
Ready to learn how Harmony SASE improves security operations for the hyperconnected world?