The Three Cyber Trends That Will Define 2026
ComputerWeekly, Monday, December 15th, 2025
As we prepare to close out 2025, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel looks back at the past year, and ahead to 2026.
We are staring down the barrel of 2026. If you think the last 12 months were chaotic, strap in.
The business-as-usual model for security is dead. We are moving into an era where the CISO is either a financial risk broker or irrelevant, where AI doesn't just write emails but writes exploits, and where your right to privacy is being legislated out of existence.
Here is my take on the three trends that will define the next year.