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Annual Security Reports

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A curated list of annual cyber security reports - Centralized annual cybersecurity analysis and industry surveys

Definition: The cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving, making it hard for CIOs, CISOs, and security leaders to keep up. They're flooded with annual reports from research consultancies, industry working groups, non-profits, and government agencies, and sifting through marketing material to find actionable insights is a major challenge. This list aims to cut through the noise by providing a vendor-neutral resource for the latest security trends, tools, and partnerships. It curates information from trusted sources, making it easier for security leaders to make informed decisions.

Limitations: This is not a collection of project based information such as white papers, intelligence reports, technical specifications, or standards. I welcome all user submitted uploads or report requests, but we should draw a box around this awesome list. All reports will be sourced from the original author when possible and uploaded to Hybrid Analysis for an additional level of confidence, result link will be included in the readme.md commit notes.

Acknowledgement: I would like to give recognition for other works that inspired this collection. Richard Stiennon and his annual analysis of the cybersecurity industry is significantly more comprehensive than this repository and deserves recognition. Additionally, Rick Howard's cyber cannon list of must-read books is an invaluable resource, catering to both leadership and practitioner levels within the field.

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Overview

Reports have been classified into two categories by the source of data: - Analysis: Reports generated from quantifying and qualifying intelligence from sensor networks or services. - Survey: Reports generated from observations and feedback from surveys or consulting engagements.

The reports listed below are the most recent iteration, while past versions are stored in their corresponding yearly folders. After three years, if a source has not updated a report it will no longer be featured in the ReadMe.md file but will still be accessible within the repository directory corresponding to its respective year.

Reports will be classified by a header that describes their primary content or emphasis. While each report may discuss multiple topics, this categorization will help organize them. Under this header they will be sorted alphabetically.

Analysis Reports

Threat Intelligence

  • ASD - Cyber Threat Report (2024) - Insights into Australia’s evolving cyber threat landscape, attack trends, and defense strategies.
  • BD - Product Security Annual Report (2023) - Highlights cybersecurity threats in healthcare, addressing the growing sophistication and frequency of cyberattacks through transparency, collaboration, and adherence to high security standards.
  • Blackpoint - Annual Threat Report (2024) - Analyzes current cyber threats, attack techniques, and emerging trends, providing actionable intelligence for organizations to enhance their security posture.
  • CheckPoint - Cybersecurity Report (2024) - Examines global cybersecurity trends, offering insights into attack vectors, threat actor tactics, and strategies for improving organizational cyber resilience.
  • Cisco - Talos Year In Review (2023) - Provides a comprehensive analysis of cyber threats and attack trends observed by Cisco's threat intelligence team throughout the year.
  • CrowdStrike - Threat Hunting Report (2024) - Provides comprehensive insights into over 245 advanced persistent threats (APTs) and adversary tactics through global threat monitoring and analysis.
  • CrowdStrike - Global Threat Report (2024) - Analyzes global cyber threats, offering insights into adversary tactics, emerging attack trends, and strategies for improving cyber defense.
  • DeepInstinct - Threat Landscape Report (2023) - Examines evolving cyber threats, offering insights into attack techniques, malware trends, and strategies for enhancing organizational cybersecurity.
  • ENISA - Threat Landscape Report (2023) - An annual summary of key cybersecurity threats, trends, and attack techniques. It examines threat actors, motivations, impacts, and suggests mitigation strategies.
  • Ensign - Cyber Threat Landscape Report (2024) - Analysis of key cyber threats across Asia, focusing on Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea, Australia, and Greater China.
  • Expel - Annual Threat Report (2024) - Provides an overview of cyber threats and attack trends observed by Expel's security operations team throughout the year.
  • FBI - Internet Crime Report (2023) - Examines cybercrime complaints to protect the public, track trends, support investigations, and promote awareness of internet-facilitated crimes.
  • Flashpoint - Global Threat Intelligence Report (2024) - A comprehensive analysis of global cyber threats, providing insights into threat actor motivations, tactics, and emerging attack trends.
  • Flashpoint - Midyear Cyber Threat Index (2024) - Provides a snapshot of current cyber threat trends, offering insights into evolving attack patterns and threat actor activities.
  • Fortinet - Global Threat Landscape Report (2023) - Analyzes global cyber threats and attack trends, offering insights into emerging vulnerabilities, malware variants, and strategies for improving organizational cybersecurity.
  • Google Cloud - Threat Horizons Report (2024) - Offers insights on cloud security risks and practical advice for businesses using cloud services, based on Google's research and expert knowledge.
  • IBM - X-Force Threat Intelligence Index (2024) - Provides a comprehensive analysis of global cyber threats, offering insights into attack trends, threat actor tactics, and industry-specific vulnerabilities.
  • Mandiant - MTrends Special Report (2024) - Offers insights into advanced persistent threats, emerging attack techniques, and strategies for improving organizational cyber defense.
  • Microsoft - Digital Defense Report (2024) - Analyzes global cybersecurity trends, offering insights into threat actor tactics, emerging vulnerabilities, and strategies for improving digital defense.
  • NCC Group - Threat Monitor Report (2023) - Provides an analysis of current cyber threats, offering insights into attack trends, vulnerabilities, and strategies for improving organizational cybersecurity.
  • Rapid7 - Mid-Year Threat Review (2023) - Provides a snapshot of current cyber threats and attack trends, offering insights into emerging vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies.
  • Rapid7 - Attack Intelligence Report (2024) - Analyzes attack patterns and techniques, offering insights into adversary tactics and strategies for improving organizational cyber defense.
  • RedCanary - Threat Detection Report (2024) - Examines current attack techniques and detection strategies, offering insights into improving organizational threat detection capabilities.
  • Secureworks - State of the Threat (2024) - Provides a detailed analysis of the evolving cybersecurity landscape based on global intelligence gathering and incident response data.
  • SonicWall - Cyber Threat Report (2024) - Examines global cyber threats, offering insights into malware trends, attack vectors, and strategies for improving organizational cybersecurity.
  • Sophos - Threat Report (2024) - Provides an analysis of current cyber threats and attack trends, offering insights into emerging vulnerabilities and strategies for improving cyber defense.
  • Trellix - Advanced Threat Research Report (2024) - Provides highlights insights, intelligence, and guidance gleaned from multiple sources of critical data on cybersecurity threats.
  • TrendMicro - Annual Cybersecurity Threat Report (2023) - Analysis of global cyber threats, examining attack trends, emerging vulnerabilities, and strategies for enhancing organizational security posture.
  • Upstream - Global Automotive Cybersecurity Report (2024) - Analysis of over 1,468 automotive cybersecurity incidents, monitoring trends across open, deep, and dark web forums to help safeguard the Smart Mobility ecosystem against emerging threats.
  • US Department of Defense - OSINT Strategy 2024–2028 (2024) - This strategy outlines the Department of Defense's approach to open-source intelligence (OSINT) as a vital resource for decision-makers and warfighters, emphasizing OSINT's role in enhancing situational awareness and operational effectiveness.
  • WatchGuard - Threat Report (2024) - Provides an analysis of current cyber threats and attack trends, offering insights into network security challenges and strategies for improving organizational cybersecurity.
  • White House - Cybersecurity Posture of the United States (2024) - Evaluates the U.S. cybersecurity posture, covering federal agency resilience against cyber threats, policy effectiveness, and readiness to counter emerging security risks affecting national interests.

Ransomware

  • Guidepoint - GRIT Ransomware Annual Report (2023) - A comprehensive analysis of ransomware trends, attack techniques, and mitigation strategies, providing valuable insights for organizations to enhance their ransomware resilience.
  • PaloAlto - Unit 42 Ransomware Extortion Report (2023) - Examines current ransomware and extortion trends, offering insights into attacker tactics, ransom demands, and strategies for improving organizational resilience against ransomware attacks.
  • Veeam - Ransomware Trends Report Executive Summary (2024) - Provides an overview of current ransomware attack patterns, data recovery challenges, and strategies for improving organizational ransomware preparedness and resilience.
  • Zscaler - ThreatLabz State of Ransomware Report (2024) - A comprehensive analysis of global ransomware trends, examining attack techniques, ransom demands, and strategies for preventing and mitigating ransomware attacks.

Vulnerabilities

  • Beyond Trust - Microsoft Vulnerability Report (2024) - Analyzes vulnerabilities in Microsoft products, offering insights into security trends and potential areas of concern for organizations relying on Microsoft technologies.
  • Flexera - Annual Vulnerability Review (2023) - Provides a comprehensive analysis of global software vulnerabilities, offering insights into trends, severity, and impact across various software products and vendors.
  • Nucleus - State of Vulnerability Management (2023) - Examines the current state of vulnerability management practices, highlighting challenges, trends, and best practices in identifying and addressing security vulnerabilities.
  • Qualys - TruRisk Threat Research Report (2023) - Provides an in-depth analysis of vulnerabilities and threats, offering insights into risk assessment and prioritization strategies.
  • Synopsys - Software Vulnerability Snapshot (2023) - A snapshot of software vulnerability trends, highlighting common weaknesses, emerging threats, and strategies for improving software security.

Data Breaches

  • IBM - Cost of a Data Breach Report (2024) - Provides IT, risk management and security leaders with timely, quantifiable evidence to guide them in their strategic decision-making. This research studied 604 organizations impacted by data breaches between March 2023 and February 2024.
  • Verizon - Data Breach Investigations Report (2024) - Analyzes global data breaches, offering insights into attack patterns, threat actor motivations, and strategies for improving organizational data security and incident response.
  • Identity Theft Resource Center - Annual Data Breach Report (2023) - A review of 18,800+ data breaches since 2005, impacting 12 billion victims and exposing 19.8 billion records, focusing on root causes and compromised data types.

Application Security

  • Veracode - State of Software Security (2024) - Examines trends in application security, offering insights into common vulnerabilities, secure development practices, and strategies for improving software security throughout the development lifecycle.
  • RunZero - RunZero Research Report (2024) - Examines a broad range of organizational and network security issues through an innovative asset-centric approach, with a focus on "dark matter" in networks, segmentation issues, and unusual asset detection.
  • Synopsys - Open Source Risk Analysis Report (2024) - Examines security risks associated with open-source software components, offering insights into vulnerability trends and mitigation strategies.

AI and Emerging Technologies

  • AICD - Directors Introduction to AI (2024) - Provides an overview of artificial intelligence tailored for directors, highlighting its strategic implications, governance considerations, and best practices for AI implementation in organizations.
  • Zscaler - ThreatLabz AI Security Report (2024) - Examines the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, offering insights into AI-powered threats, defensive applications of AI, and strategies for securing AI systems and models.
  • IBM - X-Force Cloud Threat Landscape Report (2024) - Focuses on threats specific to cloud environments, offering insights into cloud security challenges and strategies for securing cloud infrastructure.

Survey Reports

Application Security

Cloud Security

Penetration Testing

  • Cobalt - State of Pentesting (2024) - Offers an overview of the current state of penetration testing, including trends, challenges, and best practices across various industries.
  • Fortra - Penetration Testing Report (2024) - Provides insights into the current landscape of penetration testing, including common vulnerabilities and industry-specific challenges.
  • HackerOne - Hacker Powered Security Report (2024) - Explores the state of hacker-powered security, including trends in bug bounty programs and vulnerability disclosure across industries.

Ransomware

Privacy and Data Protection

AI and Emerging Technologies

Resources

Annual reports are composed by a combination of paid and non-profit research both internal and external to the organization. Below you will find various organizations involved in cybersecurity research, consulting, and policy-making. It's divided into six main categories:

Research Consulting: These are organizations that offer paid research services, market analysis, and consulting in the field of information technology and cybersecurity.

Standards and Certifications: Organizations involved in setting cybersecurity standards, providing certifications, and creating frameworks for best practices.

Threat Intelligence and Incident Response: Organizations focused on sharing threat intelligence, coordinating cyber incident responses, and combating cyber threats.

Policy and Advocacy: Institutions shaping cybersecurity policies, regulations, and public awareness on a national or international scale.

Working Groups: These are collaborative organizations or professional associations that conduct research, share information, and develop best practices in cybersecurity.

Government and Non-profits: This category includes government agencies and non-profit organizations dedicated to cybersecurity research, policy development, and public awareness.

Research Consulting

  • 451 Research - A technology research and advisory firm specializing in emerging technology segments including cybersecurity market analysis and trends.
  • ABI Research - A technology market intelligence company providing strategic guidance on transformative technologies, including cybersecurity and digital security.
  • Forrester Research - An advisory company that offers paid research, consulting, and event services specialized in market research for information technology.
  • Frost & Sullivan - A consulting firm offering market research and analysis in cybersecurity, with particular focus on emerging technologies and market opportunities.
  • Gartner - A technology research and consulting firm which offers private paid consulting as well as executive programs and conferences.
  • GigaOm - A research firm offering practical, hands-on, practitioner-driven research for businesses.
  • International Data Corporation (IDC) - A global provider of market intelligence and advisory services.
  • KuppingerCole - A global analyst company specializing in information security, identity & access management, and risk management.
  • Omdia - A global technology research powerhouse focusing on cybersecurity market analysis and digital transformation.

Standards and Certifications

Threat Intelligence and Incident Response

Policy and Advocacy

Working Groups

Government and Non-profits

Contributing

Please refer to the guidelines at https://github.com/jacobdjwilson/awesome-annual-security-reports/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md for details.