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title: Pay Attention to 2025 Verizon DBIR Cautions Brian Blakley on Security Boulevard
description: Read the Security Boulevard article in which Brian Blakley, VP of Cybersecurity Strategies at ConnectSecure, breaks down the 2025 Verizon DBIR.
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# [Pay Attention to 2025 Verizon DBIR Cautions Brian Blakley on Security Boulevard](https://connectsecure.com/news/pay-attention-to-2025-verizon-dbir-cautions-brian-blakley-on-security-boulevard)

 Written by [ConnectSecure](https://connectsecure.com/news/author/connectsecure) | Jul 29, 2025 1:00:00 PM

Our own Brian Blakley, VP of Cybersecurity Strategy at [ConnectSecure](https://connectsecure.com/), breaks down the takeaways from the consequential 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Two trends, in particular, are too serious to ignore: the significant increase in vulnerability exploitation and the doubling of third-party breaches.

[Read the article.](https://securityboulevard.com/2025/07/the-2025-verizon-data-breach-report-a-wake-up-call-for-msps/)

[View full post](https://connectsecure.com/news/pay-attention-to-2025-verizon-dbir-cautions-brian-blakley-on-security-boulevard)

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