Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025

Secure. Confident. Ready

The gap between digital transformation ambitions and effective cybersecurity is growing. As you invest in AI, cloud, and analytics to accelerate growth, embedding cybersecurity early in your planning can be challenging - something only 40% of organisations currently achieve. This often leads to project delays, increased risks, and lost opportunities in a digital-first landscape.

Recent insights from an International Data Corporation (IDC) survey, supported by BDO, highlight these realities: average response times to cyber incidents now exceed four days, and full recovery can take over a week. Such delays can erode trust, disrupt operations, and hold back innovation. The rise of GenAI introduces additional risks, from phishing and data leakage to new governance challenges, underscoring the importance of a coordinated approach to risk management.

By embedding security considerations from the outset, supported by the right expertise and automation, you can reduce risk and keep your transformation on track. Our goal at BDO is simple: to help you feel secure, confident, and ready for whatever comes next.

This report offers practical steps to embed security early and recover faster from incidents, helping your organisation stay resilient and competitive.

How can BDO help with your Cybersecurity today?

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Eoghan Daly

Partner & Head of Cybersecurity, BDO Dublin
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