An Elevated 2025 Hurricane Season

Hurricanes are among the most destructive natural disasters, posing significant risk to lives, property and businesses. The S&P Global Climate Center of Excellence forecast eight hurricanes in 2025, with four expected to reach major hurricane status of Category 3 or higher. This forecast is crucial for stakeholders including residents, municipalities, property owners, businesses and energy production facilities along the US Gulf Coast, US East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean islands. Insurers and investors with interests in these regions should prepare for heightened risks of property damage and financial losses in 2025. Compared to the long-term averages between 1948 and 2022, the probability of a hurricane is expected to increase 30%-50% for Categories 1 and up, and 50%-80% for Categories 3 and up.

AI for security: Agentic AI will be a focus for security operations in 2025

Cybersecurity is challenging as defenders must spread their resources thinly, while attackers can focus on specific vulnerabilities. Even with improved threat detection technologies, about half of security alerts go unaddressed, indicating a need for further enhancements. Agentic AI is expected to become more prevalent in security operations in 2025 as the technology can alleviate these problems and act without human input.

Generative AI is becoming an essential asset in security operations, helping to manage the overwhelming amount of detection data that can be too much for human analysts to handle. By integrating automation with generative AI, security operations centers can better cope with increasing workloads. 

Learn more about the role of agentic AI during S&P Global Market Intelligence’s upcoming webinar, Navigating Agentic AI: Opportunity, Challenges, and Future Direction.