Cybersecurity and business needs: A CISO’s 2026 outlook

<p>CISOs have a lot on their plate — and it’s only going to get fuller in the coming year.</p>
<p>The role traditionally defined as a threat defender <a href=”https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/tip/The-CISO-evolution-From-security-gatekeeper-to-strategic-leader”>has evolved</a> to include that of a business strategist. Where once CISOs mitigated attacks, performed incident response and ensured compliance, they now handle their traditional CISO tasks, are starting to own IT and CIO-level processes, and must balance cybersecurity requirements with business needs.</p>
<p>Today’s CISOs must defend networks and proactively mitigate risks. They must be technically savvy while also translating cyber-risk to the board. They must have technical, strategic and business acumen to be successful at their jobs.</p>
<p>Yet the threat landscape grows increasingly more complex and challenging as sophisticated threats and adversaries discover ways to circumvent enterprise defenses. Organizations’ attack surfaces are becoming more difficult to protect against threats inherent to business initiatives such as cloud, AI, automation and an increase in third-party services and partners.</p>
<p>It’s difficult for CISOs to stay on top of everything. SearchSecurity compiled this collection of content on what’s ahead for CISOs and their teams this year and beyond, in terms of predictions, threats, challenges, technologies and processes.</p>
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<p>AI will dominate cybersecurity conversations in 2026, with CISOs addressing AI threats and opportunities in granular detail. From agentic AI benefits to AI audit trails, read the <a href=”https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/feature/Cybersecurity-predictions”>leading 2026 predictions from CISOs and C-level executives</a>.</p>
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<p>Cybersecurity in 2026 is marked by escalating threats, including AI-powered attacks, deepfakes an

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