Computer Facilities Management Services NAICS 541513

Jul 1, 2025 - Browser AI Agents Are Latest Security Risk

• Browser AI Agents, automated tools that interact with the web on behalf of users, have become a major blind spot in cybersecurity defenses, according to SquareX. Browser AI Agents are more likely to fall prey to cyberattacks than people, challenging the long-standing belief that human error is the weakest link in the technology chain, according to researchers at the cybersecurity firm. Unlike staff who undergo regular cybersecurity training, agents cannot recognize “suspicious URLs, excessive permission requests, or unusual website designs,” the company says.
• A total of 677 major health data breaches affecting more than 182.4 million people occurred in 2024 as of December 20, according to The US Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights' HIPAA Breach Reporting Tool. Computer facilities management services may be affected if the record number of breaches increases calls for greater computer system security. Business associates were involved in 212, or about a third of the major breaches reported, but those vendor incidents affected more than 131 million individuals - or about 75% of people affected by major health data breaches this year.

• Government-approved cloud services have taken the lead over on-premises data centers for critical computing workloads at federal agencies, according to a survey of federal IT officials by government technology news site FedScoop. The volume of critical computing workloads operating on government-dedicated cloud services grew faster since mid-2020, according to nearly half (47%) of survey respondents, compared to workloads run in agency-owned/operated data centers (28%). And nearly twice as many respondents (56%) are looking at government-approved cloud platforms to increase hardware capacity over the next three years compared to agency-owned/operated data centers (33%). Agencies continue to view government-approved clouds as offering greater operational advantages. But advances in server performance, economy, and security control make upgrading agency data centers viable for certain computing workloads.
• Computer facilities management industry employment decreased slightly and average wages for nonsupervisory employees increased slightly during the first five months of 2025, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Revenue for computer facilities management services increased 5.1% year over year and 2.3% quarter over quarter in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the US Census Bureau. Computer facilities management service industry sales are forecast to grow at a 4.35% compounded annual rate from 2024 to 2028, faster than the growth of the overall economy, according to Inforum and the Interindustry Economic Research Fund, Inc.