Cyber ​​dangers and natural disasters: The greatest risks for companies 2025!

Cyber ​​dangers and natural disasters: The greatest risks for companies 2025!

In the Allianz Risk Barometer 2025, alarming tendencies are emerging for companies: cyber attacks, especially data leaks and ransomware, as well as IT disorders are at the top of the list of global business risks. According to the results based on the assessments of over 3,700 risk experts from more than 100 countries, the threats from cyber incidents and business interruptions are undeniably the greatest concerns in Austria were identified as a second largest risk in Austria, which shows that awareness of these dangers has increased significantly in the past few months. A significant change is the remarkable increase in climate change, which has now been placed in 5th place of the global risks, which is to be interpreted as historical, such as alliance-trade.de reported.

climate change and natural disasters in focus

The concerns about the effects of climate change have increased after 2024 has been one of the hottest years since the beginning of the weather records. In addition to an alarming amount of over $ 100 billion, which has been determined in insured damage in the past four years, strong weather events such as hurricanes and floods in various regions-including severe floods in Europe and Asia-have led to a significant economic loss. In Austria, due to the flood disaster in 2024, insured damage of up to two billion euros is expected, which underlines urgency to take appropriate precautions and improve insurance href = "https://www.ots.at/presseaus-sung/ots_20250114_ots0119/allianz-risk-barometer-2025"> ots.at determined.

The companies are faced with the challenge of optimizing their resilience, because the dependence on stable supply chains transforms operational interruptions-combined with natural disasters and cyber attacks-into existential threats. With the increasing geopolitical tensions and the possible economic difficulties, political risks also gain in importance, as the report emphasizes. The uncertainty about trade wars and protectionist measures illustrates the need for consistent risk management in an increasingly complex global business climate.