In the first of our recap of the 2025 cybersecurity market, Christina & I delve into the continuing boom in M&A that has fuelled consolidation since the low-point of 2023, with Alphabet/Google, Palo Alto Networks and others playing a significant role.

We also chat with Alex Holland, Principal Threat Researcher at the HP Security Lab who explains how the quality of social engineering has dramatically improved - with some chilling examples. We also hijack his zoo analogy and end-up discussing pine martins (sorry Alex, that was my fault)....

In next week's episode - number #49 - we conclude our 2025 recap with a roundup of the other major events and trends we saw, and share our "Heroes of the Year" and our "Zeros of the Year"

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