Cybersecurity Ventures projects global cybercrime costs reaching $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, a vendor-reported figure that aligns directionally with FBI IC3 and Verizon DBIR trend data but has not been independently audited; ransomware recovery, business email compromise, and supply chain-related downtime account for a disproportionate share of aggregate losses. This item provides macro context for security investment conversations at the board level rather than a discrete remediation target. Organizations should anchor internal risk quantification to sector-specific loss data, pressure-test ransomware recovery readiness, and validate cyber insurance coverage against the full damage taxonomy the projection aggregates.