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Vectra AI 2025 Predictions Warns of Fatigue in AI, Calls for Strategic Rethink to Demonstrate Value

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SINGAPORE, Dec. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Vectra AI, Inc., the leader in AI-driven XDR (extended detection and response), has released its 2025 security predictions for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), highlighting the significant role Artificial Intelligence (AI) will play in cybersecurity and the growing focus on achieving measurable results.

While Gartner projects IT spending to reach US$5.74 trillion in 2025, and IDC forecasts AI-related technology spending to hit US$337 billion, the initial excitement around AI is shifting towards a more pragmatic approach. As organisations integrate AI capabilities into their core operations, they are increasingly focused on accessing the business value of these investments. These predictions aim to assist CISOs in effectively allocating resources and anticipating potential attack vectors in 2025.  

However, Vectra AI warns of a growing fatigue with AI co-pilots as organisations in the APJ region grapple with high costs and a lack of demonstrated value. Sharat Nautiyal, Director of Security Engineering for APJ at Vectra AI states, “Organisations are adopting AI tools without understanding their intended purpose, leading to confusion about how these solutions address specific issues.”

Nautiyal adds, “Although AI has great potential, it is simply a toolset not a cure-all for cybersecurity problems. Organisations must evaluate strategies to effectively leverage AI for real challenges.”

He also notes that AI will increasingly be used by threat actors in the coming year. “All attacks will likely involve Generative AI (GenAI), facilitating infiltration and identity-based attacks. Methods like deepfakes and remote code exploits will evolve. As AI matures, these tactics will continue to advance.”

Nautiyal emphasizes that while compliance is essential, it does not equate to security. “Compliance offers basic guardrails, but compliance alone doesn’t determine how a threat actor will behave. Good security posture is what matters.”

Lastly, Nautiyal comments that the marketing hype surrounding AI in cybersecurity has reached a peak – with many companies claiming to leverage AI capabilities without delivering on their promise. “Educating customers on genuine AI application is crucial as is rigorous testing to separate hype from reality. While AI drives innovation in threat detection and response, not all advancements are equally effective. Organizations must prioritize outcomes and stay focused, to avoid the pitfalls of marketing noise.”

Read on for more insights to Vectra AI’s 2025 predictions: 

Prediction 1: Fatigue and confusion around the overuse of the term “AI” will push vendors to focus on demonstrating value

The initial excitement about AI in cybersecurity will fade, leading to disillusionment among security leaders. While 87% plan to adopt more AI tools, there’s cautious optimism due to concerns about increased workload. Organisations within Asia Pacific must move beyond vague promises of “AI-driven security” to deliver tangible results like faster threat detection and improved accuracy. AI is a toolset, not a one-size-fits-all solution. Understanding specific challenges is crucial; cybersecurity is about minimising risks and preparing for threats. Good hygiene and proactive threat response are essential – organisations need to practise identifying and responding to threats, ensuring they have the right protocols in place to catch attackers quickly and effectively.

Prediction 2: Attackers are using AI to exploit vulnerabilities in security tools

As attackers increasingly leverage AI, a divide will emerge between those who use it skilfully for adaptive attacks and those who employ it more simplistically. By 2025, threat actors are expected to exploit AI for initial access through tactics like deepfakes and sophisticated phishing. While AI will evolve, core attacker behaviors, such as establishing foothold and establishing a command-and-control tunnel, abusing identity, moving laterally etc will persist. This highlights the need for robust tools like Network Detection and Response (NDR) solutions, to effectively counter these evolving threats and enhance organisational security.

Prediction 3: Focus on regulatory compliance overwhelms the defenders and provides advantages to the attackers

The growing emphasis on regulatory compliance is overwhelming cybersecurity defenders, giving attackers an advantage. Security teams are stretched thin, prioritizing compliance over dynamic threat detection, which undermines proactive security. By 2025, attackers are likely to exploit this imbalance further. While compliance is essential for meeting regulations, it does not equate to security and often diverts focus from effective threat mitigation. Analyzing usage logs is important, but the key is how these logs are used to identify and respond to threats. Compliance and security must collaborate to strengthen defenses; compliance alone cannot replace robust security measures.

Prediction 4: Identity will remain a critical attack vector

Identity-based attacks will be a major concern in 2025, with attackers leveraging the dark web and GenAI to enhance phishing and business email compromise (BEC). Organisations must prioritise continuous testing for identity compromises, using dedicated red teams or third-party services, rather than relying solely on annual assessments. Open-source tools can simulate identity compromises, helping organisations prepare for real threats. As generative AI becomes more prevalent, robust identity management and security practices are essential to prepare for these evolving attacks.

Prediction 5: Enterprise breaches will be traced back to AI agent abuse 

Agentic AI will increasingly analyse attack surfaces and existing threats, providing context and detecting natural-language based threats like phishing, which traditional models struggle with.

As reliance on these sophisticated tools grows, organisations must prioritise the security and responsible use of their AI systems. Implementing robust safeguards and ethical guidelines will be essential to prevent misuse. Ultimately, integrating of agentic AI will enhance threat detection but foster a proactive security culture, enabling organisations to stay ahead of evolving cyber threats and better protect their critical assets. 

As AI continues to evolve, organizations must stay ahead of emerging threats by adopting strategic, outcomes-focused approaches to cybersecurity. Proactive measures, such as real-time threat detection and actionable insights, are essential for optimizing resources and effectively mitigating risks in an increasingly complex digital landscape.

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NUH WINS GOLD AT IHF AWARDS 2026 FOR GREEN OPERATING THEATRE PROGRAMME

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 NUH won Gold and received an Honourable Mention for its sustainability efforts at the International Hospital Federation Awards 2026, alongside presentations of its green surgical initiatives, digital health and organisational improvement initiatives at the World Hospital Congress.

SINGAPORE, Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The National University Hospital (NUH) has won the Gold Award (Low Carbon Healthcare) for its Green Operating Theatre programme at the International Hospital Federation (IHF) Awards 2026. The hospital also received an Honourable Mention (Hospital Sustainability Acceleration) for its system-wide approach to embedding sustainability across healthcare delivery and hospital operations.

The awards were presented at the 49th World Hospital Congress in Seoul, where NUH is also sharing other initiatives in environmental sustainability, digital health and organisational improvement.

Professor Aymeric Lim, Chief Executive Officer of NUH, said: “Healthcare must become more sustainable without compromising patient care. Our teams have shown that simple, practical changes on the ground, from the way we run our operating theatres to how we use resources, can make a real difference. This recognition belongs to the multi-disciplinary teams and partners who turned ideas into everyday practice, and who continue to improve how we care for our patients.”

Advancing low-carbon healthcare by reducing the environmental impact of surgical care

NUH’s Green Operating Theatre (OT) programme began with efforts to reduce the use of high-carbon anaesthetic gases. What started as a targeted decarbonisation initiative has since grown into a hospital-wide programme that brings together clinicians, nurses, operations teams and facilities staff to drive sustainability across surgical practices, resource use, waste management and energy management.

The programme has achieved a 99 per cent reduction in the use of desflurane, a high-carbon anaesthetic gas, and delivered annual energy savings of about 660,000 kWh by optimising operating theatre ventilation during non-operating hours.

Surgical teams redesigned instrument sets used for high-volume knee replacement procedures to better reflect routine requirements, reducing emissions by almost 10,000 kg CO2e annually while also cutting water use and sterilisation workload. Efforts have also been made to reduce unnecessary consumables and expand medical recycling streams.

Collectively, these initiatives have generated valuable insights that NUH has actively shared through inter-cluster platforms and collaborations, helping to inform the adoption of low-carbon practices across Singapore’s public healthcare system.

Embedding sustainability into everyday healthcare delivery

NUH received an Honourable Mention for its organisation-wide approach to embedding sustainability into hospital planning and operations.

Guided by the IHF Sustainability Accelerator Tool, NUH integrated sustainability into leadership oversight, strategic planning and everyday decision-making, strengthening efforts in Appropriate Value-based Care, virtual care, procurement, workforce engagement and environmental stewardship.

This system-wide approach to advancing a sustainable healthcare system has been recognised internationally. In 2025, NUH became the first hospital worldwide to receive the Joint Commission International-Geneva Sustainability Centre’s Healthcare Sustainability Certification. This year, it was the only hospital in Singapore to be accorded the highest 5-Leaf distinction in Newsweek-Statista’s World’s Greenest Hospitals index.

A new model of rehabilitation care

Recognised as one of the top three healthcare innovations selected for the International Hospital Federation’s i-to-i Innovation Hub Awards 2026, the NUH Virtual Rehabilitation Centre (VRC) is helping to extend rehabilitation beyond hospital walls.

Developed as a virtual-first rehabilitation ecosystem, the VRC combines personalised patient education, self-management tools, AI-enabled telerehabilitation, remote monitoring and digital rehabilitation pathways to support patients throughout their recovery journey. By enabling rehabilitation to continue beyond traditional clinic visits, the VRC improves access to care, strengthens patient participation in recovery and allows therapists to focus their attention on patients with more complex rehabilitation needs. The digital home exercise programme, for instance, supports around 2,000 patients and records about 21,000 logins each month, freeing up the equivalent of 66 physiotherapist workdays annually for direct patient care.

The innovation demonstrates how technology can be used not simply to digitise existing services, but to transform how rehabilitation is delivered at scale.

Helping doctors work smarter with electronic medical records

NUH also presented results from its Great Epic Transformation (GET) programme at the 49th World Hospital Congress in Seoul. The hospital-wide programme trained specialist doctors to personalise their Epic electronic medical record (EMR) workflows, using customised note templates, order sets and shortcuts to work more efficiently.

Nine months after training, participating doctors spent 10.2 per cent less time in the EMR each day, equivalent to more than 33 hours saved per doctor annually, while time spent placing orders fell by 26.5 per cent. Twelve of 13 efficiency measures improved across both medical and surgical specialties. Based on annual estimates, the overall efficiency gains are valued at more than S$91 million a year.

The programme is being extended to allied health professionals and pharmacists across NUHS, with a target of reaching more than 2,000 healthcare professionals by the end of 2026.

About the National University Hospital (NUH)­

The National University Hospital (NUH) is Singapore’s university hospital. While the hospital at Kent Ridge first received its patients on 24 June 1985, our legacy started from 1905, the date of the founding of what is today the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. NUH is the principal teaching hospital of the medical school.

Our unique identity as a university hospital is a key attraction for healthcare professionals who aspire to do more than practise tertiary medical care. We offer an environment where research and teaching are an integral part of medicine, and continue to shape medicine and transform care for the community we care for.

We are an academic medical centre with over 1,200 beds, serving more than one million patients a year with over 50 medical, surgical and dental specialties. NUH is the only public and not-for-profit hospital in Singapore to provide trusted care for adults, women and children under one roof, including the only paediatric kidney and liver transplant programme in the country.

The NUH is a key member of the National University Health System (NUHS), one of three public healthcare clusters in Singapore. For more information, visit www.nuh.com.sg

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NEXCOM NGFW platforms secure growing traffic across modern academic networks

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TAIPEI, Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NEXCOM, a leading supplier of network appliances, is helping academic institutions strengthen network security as digital learning expands across cloud platforms, AI-powered tools, remote access, and connected campus services.

As educational environments become more distributed, academic networks must support growing traffic and diverse connections while protecting sensitive data and maintaining reliable access to learning resources. NEXCOM’s Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) platforms provide a centralized security layer for inspecting and controlling traffic across campus and remote environments.

Learn more about securing digital learning environments in the joint case study.

Centralized Security for Digital Learning

On campus, NGFW platforms can inspect traffic between academic networks and external resources as students and faculty access learning platforms and web services. For remote users, secure VPN connectivity supports authorized access to internal resources while enabling centralized security policies.

“Every new digital service in education adds value for students and educators, but it also adds traffic, connections, and another layer of security responsibility,” says Allan Chiu, VP of Networking and Communication Solutions at NEXCOM. “The challenge is making sure security keeps pace without slowing down the learning experience. NEXCOM’s NGFW platforms provide the performance and scalability needed to secure modern, highly distributed academic networks.”

Scalable Platforms for Network Security

NEXCOM’s portfolio provides scalable platforms for firewall, edge security, secure remote access, and demanding network security workloads. Key platforms include:

NSA 7160R: A 2U high-performance security platform powered by dual Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, with eight PCIe 5.0 expansion slots and throughput of up to 1.6 Tbps.FTA 5190: A compact 1U edge server powered by Intel Xeon 6 SoC technology, designed for reliable connectivity and security at the network edge.

About NEXCOM

Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, NEXCOM is shaping the future of AI-powered networking with its software-defined solutions. Through its Network and Communication Solutions (NCS) unit, NEXCOM delivers cutting-edge platforms for Cybersecurity, OT Security, SD-WAN, SASE, Load Balancing, 5G uCPE, edge AI, and more. NCS specializes in professional design and manufacturing services, enabling reliable and scalable network infrastructures for businesses of all sizes. With a focus on innovation, NEXCOM’s solutions empower customers worldwide to build resilient, high-performance networks tailored to the demands of tomorrow’s connectivity challenges.

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Forrester’s 2027 B2B Go-To-Market Predictions: AI Agents Will Influence 75% Of B2B Purchase Decisions

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To remain competitive, providers must strengthen customer trust, substantiate value claims, and offer human expertise and guidance

SINGAPORE, Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — According to Forrester’s (Nasdaq: FORR) 2027 B2B go-to-market predictions, business buyers will increasingly deploy AI agents to handle tasks across the buying process, from supplier discovery and information gathering to contract-renewal analysis. While truly autonomous buying will remain concentrated in high-volume, low-risk, and repeatable purchases, the ubiquity of these agents will require providers to ensure that their systems and sellers can respond with speed, accuracy, and consistency.

Forrester’s B2B Predictions reports, covering topics including B2B go-to-market strategy, business buyers, and content and creative, offer forward-looking insights to help executives and their teams anticipate change, reduce uncertainty, and make confident decisions ahead of market shifts. Key highlights from the 2027 B2B go-to-market predictions include:

Buyers will double their human interactions to validate AI-generated recommendations. As AI becomes the primary interface for researching products and providers, buyers will encounter more AI-generated recommendations, synthetic content, automated outreach, and agent-mediated interactions. Since AI cannot fully judge service provider fit, feasibility, trust, or accountability, buyers will require conversations with provider teams and trusted third parties including analysts, customer references, and partners to confirm and validate buying decisions.Two-thirds of providers will lose deals because buyers cannot verify claims. Buyers already use AI-assisted search and analysis tools to gather information about products and vendors, synthesize provider claims, and fact check. As the reliance on these capabilities continue to advance, go-to-market teams will need to act fast to restructure content discovery for AI tools, including providing credible and consistent proof points that AI tools can index and validate.Most CMOs will cut programs or accept reduced capacity after overestimating AI gains. As pressure intensifies to reduce personnel costs with AI, marketing leaders will eliminate as many as 25% of roles in anticipation of productivity gains that fail to meet expectations. As a result, they will have to choose between cutting program budgets to restore capacity through rehiring, contractors, or agency support or accept reduced execution with a smaller team. In either case, lower campaign investment, weaker execution, or both will reduce marketing’s overall value contribution.

“In 2027, the defining challenge for B2B go-to-market leaders will be to make deliberate choices about what to automate and where human judgment still matters,” said Sharyn Leaver, chief research officer at Forrester. “As AI becomes ubiquitous across the buying process, B2B leaders that pair AI-driven speed and convenience with transparency, control, and trust will extract the most value from AI.”

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Download Forrester’s 2027 Predictions guide for B2B go-to-market.Register for Forrester’s webinar exploring the key trends reshaping B2B go-to-market strategies in 2027.Learn how to turn these predictions into action through Forrester’s global B2B events and research programs.

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Forrester (Nasdaq: FORR) is one of the most influential research and advisory firms in the world. We empower leaders in technology, customer experience, digital, marketing, revenue, and product functions to make confident decisions in an AI-driven world and accelerate growth through customer obsession. Our unique research and continuous guidance model helps executives and their teams achieve their initiatives and outcomes faster and with confidence. To learn more, visit Forrester.com.

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