2025 Cyber Security Recap: Trends, Threats, and Takeaways Fireside Chat

In this exclusive APAC session, Nataly Kremer, Chief Product Officer & Head of R&D, and Ruma Balasubramanian, President APAC, join Simon Piff, Research Vice President at IDC, to break down the moments that mattered, and what they signal for the year ahead.

From AI-driven threats to the rise of resilience-first architectures, this conversation gives security leaders a clear view of what changed, why it matters, and how to get ahead of 2026.

In this session, you’ll explore:

• The biggest threats and breakthroughs that shaped 2025
• How AI reshaped both offensive and defensive playbook
• Why resilience-first architectures are becoming the new north star
• The top cybersecurity predictions for 2026, and how to prepare now

Nataly Kremer, Chief Product Officer and Head of Research and Development, oversees all product and technology units and uses her proficiency in delivering network, security, and cloud technologies for large enterprises to meet customer needs. Nataly brings extensive R&D and leadership experience to Check Point. She joins the company after 12 years with AT&T, where she led its Software and Delivery organization and AT&T’s center in Israel. She holds an MBA and BSc in Computer Sciences and Management from Tel Aviv University.

 Ruma Balasubramanian, President APAC

Ruma Balasubramanian leads Check Point’s business strategy and development across APAC, collaborating with sales, marketing, product engineering and customer success teams, focusing on delivering AI-powered, cloud-delivered cyber security solutions.

With over two decades of leadership experience in the technology sector at Fortune 500 organisations, she brings a proven track record of driving strong business growth and organisation-wide business transformation. Prior to joining Check Point, Ruma held leadership roles of Managing Director for South-east Asia and for the APAC Mid-Market segment at Google Cloud, where she expertly led cross-functional teams to deliver cutting-edge solutions in infrastructure, AI/ML and data analytics, and at Cisco as Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer for the Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China region, steering organisations through complex transformation.

Ruma has a degree in Computer Science from Columbia Engineering, and an MBA in General Management, from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

 Simon Piff, VP Research, IDC

Simon Piff is research vice president for IDC's Asia/Pacific (AP) region based in Singapore. After almost 30 years in the AP IT scene, there are very few areas Simon has not spent time working within — be it cloud computing, business intelligence, datacenter management, security, and automation. From building ISPs in the 90s to explaining distributed ledger technologies in the 2019, he has always been across the leading-edge technology innovation and implementation across the AP region.

Always with a keen eye on how IT brings value to business leaders, Simon is able to articulate the key messages around these technological areas that need to be modernized for the Future Enterprise, the value they bring, and some sound advice on the next steps for technology practitioners and the C-suite alike.

Currently running the Future of Digital Infrastructure research program for IDC Asia/Pacific, the topics of data management, security, cloud architectures, as well as the more physical storage, compute, and network layers all fall under his remit.