As we kick off the new year, one thing is clear: the cyber threat landscape is evolving faster than ever before. What worked to protect your business last year likely won’t be enough this year – and attackers are already planning their next move.

The holiday season is a time for celebration, travel, end-of-year projects, and employees rushing to wrap up the year before heading out for some well-deserved time off. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the busiest times of the year for cybercriminals. With offices lightly staffed, employees shopping online, and companies rushing to close out the year, threat actors take advantage of these distractions – and they do it well.

Your IT infrastructure isn’t something you can “set and forget.” It’s actively humming, changing, and being probed, every minute of every day. Yet too many organizations treat cybersecurity and IT monitoring like a reactive expense: fix it when it breaks. The reality is very different. When you monitor your network and endpoints proactively, you catch issues early, limit damage, and save far more than you spend.