Why Security Spend Is at an All-Time High—And So Are the Breaches

  • Date: May 13, 2025
  • Read time: 4 minutes

In 2025, cybersecurity spending is projected to hit $215 billion globally. The market is saturated with vendors. New tools launch every month. CISOs are inundated with options. But here’s the catch:

We’ve never had worse outcomes.

Ransomware. Data theft. Downtime. Escalating business impact. Despite unprecedented investment, the gap between spend and results is growing.

Something’s broken. And it starts with how we think about the problem.

The Vendor Problem: Point Products Without Context

Most security vendors operate in a vacuum.

They build tools to solve isolated problems. Backup vendors talk about recovery. EDR vendors talk about detection. Identity vendors talk about access. But nobody is stitching the full story together.

And that’s the disconnect. CISOs don’t manage features. They manage risk. Across time.

Take backup. Vital for recovery. But useless for detection. And zero value in prevention. It’s an “after-the-fact” tool trying to fix a crisis that should’ve been stopped earlier.

CISOs need platforms that operate with context—spanning before, during, and after an attack. Not more fragmented point solutions.

A Simpler Way to Think About Cybersecurity: The Timeline

Every incident has a lifecycle. It looks like this:

– Before the attack: You reduce risk. Harden access. Lock down sensitive data.
– During the attack: You detect and contain it—fast.
– After the attack: You recover with integrity and transparency.

Now, map your current vendor stack to that timeline.

Chances are, 90% of your tools sit in the “before” category—firewalls, EDR, awareness training, vulnerability scanners. They’re all useful. But they assume one thing: prevention will work.

What happens when it doesn’t?

Most organizations are thin—or blind—once the attack is in progress. Fewer still can respond with confidence after it’s over.

That’s where outcomes fall apart.

Data: The Real Target of Every Attack

Let’s be clear: attackers aren’t chasing your perimeter.

They want your data.

Your unstructured data. Your NAS. Your file shares. Your backups. That’s what gets encrypted, exfiltrated, or sold.

And yet, the data layer is still the most neglected part of enterprise security. Why?

Because most tools were never designed to protect data itself. They protect around it.

We think that’s backward.

Superna: Built for What Actually Gets Attacked

Superna is the only platform that protects your data across the entire incident lifecycle:

Before – with Data Attack Surface Management (DASM):
– Map user and host behavior
– Identify high-value, overexposed data
– Score and reduce risk proactively
– Apply access controls before attackers exploit gaps

During – with Cyberstorage Detection and Response:
– Real-time ransomware and behavior-based detection
– Fingerprint users and hosts to isolate malicious activity
– Auto-lock shares, isolate users, and alert your SOC
– Integrates directly with your incident response tools

After – with Cyberstorage Recovery:
– Immutable snapshots to preserve clean data
– Auto-identify what was hit, and by whom
– Forensic-level audit trails and precision recovery options

This isn’t layered on top of your storage—it’s at the storage layer. Right where the attackers land.

Why This Matters

If your strategy ends at prevention, you’re gambling on perfection.

If your response plan starts at restore, you’re arriving too late.

Security needs to be continuous. Connected. And grounded in the reality that data is the true target.

Superna is built for that reality.

It doesn’t just bolt onto your stack—it becomes the data security layer your stack has been missing.

Rethink. Realign. Reclaim Control.

The future of cybersecurity isn’t about buying more. It’s about investing better.

Stop overspending on “before” tools. Stop accepting incomplete visibility during attacks. Stop treating recovery like a separate conversation.

Superna gives you a single platform to prevent, detect, and recover—all from the data layer.

Because when data is the target, it should also be the starting point.

Prevent. Detect. Recover.