Security Experts Share Their 2026 Cybersecurity Predictions
Here are the predictions we believe will have significant impacts on security professionals in the year ahead: the bad and the good.
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Quantum Security Spending Hits a Tipping Point: Why 5% of Security Budgets Now Belong to Post-Quantum Migration
This isn't marginal spending on a future-state concern—it's an immediate, substantial commitment that many CISOs now see as a priority.
AI-Generated Code Is Already Running Critical Infrastructure: Can AppSec Keep Up?
Traditional security tools were designed when code changes were measured in hundreds of lines per sprint and development cycles lasted weeks. Today, AI accelerates code production to thousands of lines daily with fundamentally different patterns than human-written code.
Why Forrester Says Your Agentic AI Deployment Will Cause a Breach in 2026
The agentic AI governance gap is a fundamental enterprise weakness. Sixty-three percent of organizations lack AI governance policies, according to IBM's research. This creates a complete lack of any meaningful organizational control over these deployments.
Default Configurations, Dangerous Defaults, and ServiceNow's AI Agent Discovery
New research highlights the gap between how technology is designed to work and how it's actually safely operated.
When Good People Struggle: The Human Side of Security Misalignment
Security challenges aren’t usually about tools—they’re about people, alignment, and the unseen friction that builds when roles, workflows, and reality drift apart.
The Real AI Threat and the Blurred Lines Between Actual Risk and Marketing Hype
AI-driven attacks are real, and they’re occurring. But to paraphrase cyberpunk writing pioneer William Gibson, “The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed."
Invisible Gateways: The Hidden IoT Security Risk Threatening Organizations
Connected devices are changing how we work—but they’re also opening invisible gateways for attackers. In this article, Phillip Wylie breaks down how IoT vulnerabilities are being exploited and what organizations can do to close these unseen entry points.
Forrester's 2026 Cybersecurity Predictions
2026 will bring CISOs and security professionals potential AI breaches, tight infrastructure regulation, a new European Union vulnerability database, quantum security growth, and merger and acquisition shifts.
Less to Protect, More to Gain: Rethinking Compliance Through Scope Reduction
Doing less can deliver more. Scope reduction reduces risk, simplifies compliance, and makes regulated opportunities attainable for any organization willing to focus on what really matters.
