2025 data outlook: Strategic insights for the road ahead

By Piyush Mehta, CEO, Data Dynamics

AI-human symbiosis: A shift towards augmented intelligence

AI is evolving beyond mere automation and into a realm of symbiotic collaboration with humans, especially in data security. By 2025, organisations will need to shift their mindset from purely AI-driven solutions to AI-augmented intelligence, where human judgment remains essential. While AI handles scale and efficiency, human intervention will be indispensable for ethical oversight, bias mitigation, and sophisticated threat detection. Instead of viewing AI as a standalone solution, leading organisations will position it as an augmenting force for human decision-making in data governance and cybersecurity.

AI-driven data management solutions that incorporate human oversight in areas like data discovery, classification, and continuous security monitoring will be essential. This evolution will see a move away from manual governance to policy-driven frameworks and least privilege Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), ensuring both efficiency and robust security. This shift ...