Robert Dodge, CEO of the Global Risk Services division, Prosegur Security tells SJA about the main threats and considerations for organizations in 2025.

Emerging threats

The world is increasingly becoming a more dangerous place for businesses to operate in.

As we look into the future and anticipate the 2025 global threat landscape, the following are the main areas to focus on:

Corporate and executive risk: In 2025, corporate/executive risk and threats will be heightened, despite a decrease in nationwide violent crime rates for the US during 2024.

After the public assassination of the UnitedHealthcare CEO in New York City, existentialist anti-capitalist and anti-establishment sentiment exploded in the online sphere.

This is especially concerning because the internet is where most domestic violent extremists are radicalized now.

Additionally, the danger posed to employees and executives abroad by hostile governments, who utilize arbitrary detention to pressure their corporate partners into fulfilling regime demands, was highlighted this year globally by multiple authoritarian administrations.

Executives of industries tied to the Western military industrial complex are also likely to remain the target of hybrid warfare from foreign adversaries through assassination plots.

Businesses should reexamine their security protocols to ensure there are no gaps and exercise caution when in unfamiliar environments or at high profile public events.

Cold War 2.0: With the US and allies on one side and China/Russia/Iran/North Korea on the other, a new Cold War has emerged, the side effects from this are putting western businesses and employees at significantly enhanced risk from proxy attacks/terrorism, cyber-attacks and political detainments/abductions for travelers and western corporations.

Enhanced travel risk management for employees will be key as we enter 2025 and this new evolving risk landscape.

Natural disasters: 2024 saw countless natural disasters across the globe from earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and landslides killing thousands and the associated estimated economic costs of these disasters costing over two hundred billion.

Sadly, we should see more of the same in 2025. Due to this, organizations need to continue to focus on emergency preparedness and business resiliency.

Terrorism: With some of the terrorist attacks we have seen in December 2025 in Europe and the US by ISIS-inspired individuals, and also the recent fall of the Assad regime in Syria, which could create fertile ground for terrorists to operate from, it is highly likely that we will see a resurgence of global terror and groups like ISIS being strengthened and emboldened to conduct attacks in 2025.

From my experiences over the last 25 years supporting clients around the globe, I have found that most organizations are frankly overconfident and underprepared to manage major threats and risks and their own business resiliency.

Due to this, it is critical for organizations to take risk-based approaches to navigate the diverse 2025 global threat landscape and apply appropriate security countermeasures and investments to keep their employees safe and organizations resilient in 2025.

Robert Dodge

Robert is a distinguished global security expert with over 25 years of leadership in security, investigations and consulting.

His career has spanned more than 90 countries, where he has delivered innovative solutions to complex security challenges for some of the world’s most influential organizations.

Robert currently serves as CEO of the Global Risk Services division, a key business unit at Prosegur Security, one of the largest private security companies in the world.

This article was originally published in the special February Influencers Edition of Security Journal Americas. To read your FREE digital edition, click here.