P is for platforms
Integration and consolidation will be the order of the day in 2025.
"Despite concerns about single-vendor risks and a peak of venture capital funding for AI startups, enterprises will continue to consolidate vendors to simplify management, improve integration, and enhance overall security practices," said DigiCert, a global provider of digital trust, in a list of Asia-Pacific predictions for 2025.
Security
"Consolidation will once again be a central focus for security in 2025. The current threat landscape is too dynamic to leave infrastructure vulnerable to threat actors who have been known to exploit gaps in point solutions. That’s why security teams will continue to prioritise the elimination of complexity and costs associated with a patchwork of point solutions," said Elia Zaitsev, CTO, CrowdStrike.
"A cloud- and AI-native platform approach with threat intelligence built natively within is the only way to supercharge the convergence of security and IT, helping organisations to remain agile and secure. The integration of generative AI (gen AI) into security platforms will further accelerate this trend by significantly reducing alert-to-resolution times and transforming hours of work into mere minutes, enhancing both the speed and effectiveness of response and remediation efforts."
P is also for personalisation
Lenovo predicted that personalisation would evolve into "complete individualisation" with the help of agentic AI. "For the first time, AI is no longer just a generative knowledge base or chat interface, it is both reactive and proactive—a true
partner," the company predicted for 2025.
"AI agents will leverage local LLMs enabling real-time interaction with a user’s personal knowledge base without relying on cloud processing. This offers enhanced data privacy, as all interactions remain locally stored on the device, and increased productivity, as the agent helps to automate and simplify a wide range of tasks, from document management, meeting summaries to content generation.
"We will also see the emergence of personal digital twins, which are clusters of agents that that capture many different aspects of our personalities and act on many different facets of need. For example, a digital twin might comprise a grocery buying agent, a language translation agent, a travel agent, etc. This cluster of agents become a digital twin when all of them work together, in sync with the individual’s data and needs."
Q is for quantum computing
"2025 marks a pivotal year when post-quantum cryptography (PQC) shifts from theoretical frameworks to real-world deployments, with significant momentum in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC). Governments across APAC, including Japan, South Korea, Australia and Singapore, are actively advancing quantum readiness through national initiatives.
"With impending announcements from the US National Security Agency (NSA) and growing compliance pressures, PQC adoption will surge, empowering industries to embrace quantum-resistant solutions," stated DigiCert in a list of 2025 predictions for APAC. The company is a provider of digital trust.
"As we approach the point where quantum computers could potentially break current encryption methods, boards will start asking security teams about their quantum readiness plans. In (2025), companies will start replacing untrusted certificate authorities (CAs) as part of their transition to quantum-resilient systems. Through integrated solutions, security teams should streamline securing machine identities and lay a strong foundation for a successful migration to a post-quantum future," said Jeffrey Kok, VP of Solution Engineers for Asia Pacific and Japan at CyberArk.
"Quantum computing will challenge existing cryptographic defenses, especially for large organisations. While NIST's post-quantum encryption standards were released in 2024, the transition to these new standards will be gradual. Larger enterprises, particularly in finance, must begin planning for this quantum shift to protect sensitive data," said BeyondTrust experts in a list of 2025 predictions.
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| Source: NVIDIA. Buck. |
NVIDIA predicted that 2025 will see 'all trials, no errors' when it comes to quantum computing. "Quantum computing will make significant strides as researchers focus on supercomputing and simulation to solve the greatest challenges to the nascent field: errors," explained Ian Buck, VP, Hyperscale and HPC, NVIDIA.
"Qubits, the basic unit of information in quantum computing, are susceptible to noise, becoming unstable after performing only thousands of operations. This prevents today’s quantum hardware from solving useful problems. In 2025, expect to see the quantum computing community move toward challenging, but crucial, quantum error correction techniques. Error correction requires quick, low-latency calculations. Also expect to see quantum hardware that’s physically colocated within supercomputers, supported by specialised infrastructure.
"AI will also play a crucial role in managing these complex quantum systems, optimising error correction and enhancing overall quantum hardware performance. This convergence of quantum computing, supercomputing and AI into accelerated quantum supercomputers will drive progress in realising quantum applications for solving complex problems across various fields, including drug discovery, materials development and logistics."
CyberArk describes machine identities as cloud access tokens, API keys and service accounts.
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Read the full set of 2025 predictions from 2-Z at https://www.techtradeasia.com/2025/01/the-techtrade-asia-2024-roundup-2025.html
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