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Mastering the cybersecurity domain in 2025

Cybersecurity has become a strategic priority for organizations worldwide, driven by rising threats and evolving regulations. This guide explores the eight core domains of cybersecurity and how they apply across industries and global frameworks. From risk management and secure architecture to compliance and threat response, it offers practical insights to strengthen cyber resilience, improve governance, and align security efforts with business goals.
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What you’ll learn in this guide

Explore the key cybersecurity domains shaping 2025—from frameworks and industry use cases to practical strategies for resilience, compliance, and risk management

Cybersecurity domain fundamentals

Get a clear breakdown of the eight core domains that underpin any strong security program, including risk management, IAM, network security, and more.

Global frameworks and standards

Understand how cybersecurity domains reflect in regional frameworks like NIST CSF, NIS 2, ECC, and Essential Eight—influencing national strategies across Australia, EU, US, and the Middle East.

Industry-specific applications

See how cybersecurity priorities shift across sectors like finance, healthcare, government, and energy—each with its own risks and regulations.

Common pitfalls to avoid

Identify the most frequent missteps companies make when scaling cybersecurity—like tech overdependence, siloed teams, or outdated tooling.

Best practices for implementation

Learn actionable steps for building strong policies, assigning risk ownership, monitoring threats, and integrating security with business goals.

Cybersecurity outlook and trends

Explore what’s ahead—from AI and zero trust to quantum risks and cloud security—and how businesses can adapt their cybersecurity domains.

The expert's guide to cybersecurity implementation in 2025

Cybersecurity is no longer just a technical function—it’s a critical driver of business resilience, regulatory alignment, and risk governance. This guide unpacks the core cybersecurity domains and their intersection with global frameworks, industry requirements, and GRC, offering actionable insights to help security leaders operationalize controls, reduce risk, and drive security maturity.

  • Map global and regional frameworks to actionable security strategies

  • Understand how the integration of cybersecurity and GRC drives unified risk visibility, faster response, and continuous compliance

  • Learn critical pitfalls to avoid and boost security posture with proven best practices

  • Strengthen your role as an advisor or MSP by delivering scalable, high-impact cybersecurity and compliance solutions

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Mastering the cybersecurity domain in 2025

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Real stories from professionals in the field.




Michael Rasmussen

Analyst, GRC 20/20 Research LLC

“6clicks provides an integrated capability in a unified architecture to manage the array of risks across entities in the context of the objectives of the organization. Diversified entities using 6clicks allow for enterprise and operational risk management to work together in one platform.”

Paul Conway

IT Security Manager, Freightways

“Other vendors we looked at drove significant implementation costs. 6clicks made it easy for us to address all use cases without incurring additional cost.”

Joe Kelly

VP of IT and Data Security,  Lumine Group

“Going back about two years ago, we looked at different products and landed on 6clicks because it provided the scalability and ease of use we needed to encourage adoption.”

Belinda Edwards

Manager - Governance, Risk and Compliance, CyberCX

“This is where we see the benefit of moving away from a manual GRC process into a GRC tool like 6clicks, which enables you to map each of the different standards to your control set so you only have to do the assessment once.”

About 6clicks

6clicks is the #1 AI-powered GRC solution helping organizations streamline governance, risk management, and compliance. Our Hub & Spoke architecture enables centralized control and localized autonomy, allowing businesses to build robust, efficient, and scalable GRC programs.

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All-in-one GRC platform

An intuitive, AI-driven platform with a complete suite of tools for cyber risk management, compliance, and audit readiness.

Risk management

Comprehensive risk registers, custom workflows, and AI-powered automation for accelerating risk assessments and risk treatment

Compliance automation

Centralized policy and control implementation, continuous monitoring, and control mapping to multiple frameworks done within seconds

Audit & assessment

Fast-track audits and assessments with automated responses, built-in templates, and automatic evidence collection

Vendor risk management

Integrated third-party module for onboarding, assessing, and monitoring vendors and their associated risks

Reporting & analytics

One-click report generation, customizable dashboards, and real-time insights and recommendations powered by your dedicated AI assistant, Hailey

Free content library

Get access to 100+ frameworks, standards, and ready-to-use content such as risk libraries, control sets, and assessment templates

Global advisory & MSP network

Join a thriving network of experts and industry leaders through the 6clicks Partner Program—offering robust functionality and a scalable service delivery model for transformative client experiences and sustainable growth. Whether your focus is on referrals, reselling, or managed services, 6clicks is committed to supporting your success.

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“Other vendors we looked at drove significant implementation costs. 6clicks made it easy for us to address all use cases without incurring additional cost.”

Paul Conway

IT Security Manager at Freightways

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