Q4 2025 Cybersecurity Quarterly Review & KPI Analysis

Q4 2025 Cybersecurity Quarterly Review

Program Maturity, Risk Reduction & KPI Analysis

Presented to CISO | January 2026

Executive Summary: Q4 Performance at a Glance

Critical Vuln MTTR

12 Days

↓ 14% vs Q3 (Improved)

MFA Coverage (Global)

98.5%

↑ 2.5% vs Q3 (Goal Met)

Phishing Click Rate

3.1%

↓ 0.8% vs Industry Benchmark

Vulnerability Management: Mean Time To Remediate (MTTR)

Comparison of Q3 vs Q4 remediation speed against the 14-day SLA target for Critical vulnerabilities and 30-day for Highs.

Vulnerability Backlog & Risk Profile

QoQ Trend: 12% reduction in total open vulnerabilities. Legacy systems account for 40% of remaining criticals.

SOC Effectiveness: Detection & Response

Q4 Incident Composition Breakdown

• Phishing attempts remain the top vector (45%).

• Malware incidents reduced by 15% due to new EDR policies.

• 0 Critical Severity incidents this quarter.

Identity & Access Management (IAM)

Control Coverage vs Targets

Human Risk: Phishing Simulation Results

98% of employees completed the Annual Security Awareness training in Q4.

Q4 Strategic Projects Status

Endpoint Detection (EDR) Rollout

COMPLETED

Deployed to 100% of workstations. Legacy AV decommissioned.

Cloud Security Posture (CSPM)

ON TRACK

AWS accounts integrated. Remediation of high risks at 60%.

ISO 27001 Pre-Assessment

AT RISK

Delayed due to resource reallocation to SOC tooling.

Q1 2026 Roadmap & Priorities

Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)

Pilot rollout for Engineering and HR users to replace legacy VPN.

Automated Response (SOAR)

Automating 30% of Tier 1 SOC alerts to reduce analyst fatigue.

Vendor Risk Audit

Deep dive assessment of top 10 critical data processors.

Budget: Green (On Track for FY26 Renewal)