In real time!

Making Digital Vulnerability Visible

Cyberattacks are only part of the risk. Business interruptions, production outages or reputational damage also arise from cloud dependencies, outdated software, third parties or unstable digital infrastructures — often with the same impacts as a targeted attack.

The Global Cyber Exposure Report 2025 analyzes exactly this externally visible digital vulnerability. The study is based on a standardized outside-in scanning approach from an attacker’s perspective, conducted by cysmo®, the market-leading platform for outside-in cyber risk rating.

Over the course of almost one year, more than 13,000 companies from 13 countries and 7 key industries were assessed weekly and automatically in real time — objectively, comparably and without self-reported data.

This study marks the beginning of continuous observation: the analyzed countries, industries and peer groups will continue to be evaluated. The follow-up study will be published at the end of 2026 — then with a time comparison 2025 vs. 2026.

 

PRE-ORDER THE STUDY

  • 13,000+ companies
  • 13 countries in Europe, North America, Asia & MENA
  • 7 systemically relevant industries
  • Analysis period: January to October 2025
  • Scan frequency and scope: weekly automated real-time scans and over 470,000 individual ratings
  • Standardized outside-in assessment, no self-disclosures required
     

The selection covers central global value creation areas — from industry, energy and health to digital infrastructure and commerce.

Companies & Management
Benchmarking their own digital vulnerability in market comparison, supplier management.

Cyber Insurers
Sales/service arguments, portfolio view, underwriting relevance, systemic risks.

Analysts & Consultants
Reality check for compliance and resilience assumptions.

Single scans show snapshots.
This study shows patterns, outliers and structural risks through weekly scans over almost a full year:

  • Differences between countries despite similar regulation
  • Industries with stable technology but critical dependencies
  • Risks that do not remain local but act systemically
     

Only the combination of size, duration and comparability makes external cyber and digital risks reliably assessable.

Not only classic attack surfaces are examined, but also:

  • Dependencies on cloud and platform infrastructures
  • Use of outdated and no longer supported systems (EOL)
  • Highly exposed systems with central business relevance
  • Stability of basic digital functions such as DNS, mail and availability
     

Many of these weaknesses lead to harm not through attacks, but through outages, overload or chain reactions.

  • Cyber and digital risks are economic risks
  • Damage rarely occurs on average, but through outliers
  • A few weaknesses can impact entire supply chains
  • Regulatory maturity does not automatically mean operational stability
     

The study shows where risks actually materialize — not just where they are documented.

The Global Cyber Exposure Report 2025 is not a one-time snapshot:

  • The studied countries, industries and peer groups will continue to be monitored
  • The follow-up study will be published at the end of 2026
  • For the first time, it will be visible which risks improve — and which worsen
     

For insurers, companies, analysts and regulators, this creates a real time comparison of external digital risks.