Forbes November 10, 2025
Chuck Brooks

As we look ahead to 2026, the cybersecurity landscape is approaching a crucial stage where new technologies, changing threat actors, and altering global dynamics come together to put companies under more pressure than ever before. It’s no longer safe to assume whether we will be breached; instead, we must consider when it will happen and how we will respond. Below are six forecasts, each with a list of things that every security executive should keep in mind.

1. Agentic AI Will Become the New Attack and Defense Frontier. In 2026, we will no longer view AI merely as a tool; instead, it will become a battlefield in its own right. Both attackers and defenders will increasingly utilize autonomous (’agentic’) AI...

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