<p>The ever-evolving threat landscape looks particularly ominous to security executives scanning the 2026 horizon.</p>
<p>CISOs and their teams are bracing for more sophisticated, challenging and targeted <a href=”https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/feature/AI-powered-attacks-What-CISOSs-need-to-know-now”>AI-enabled cyberattacks</a>. They’re anticipating more geopolitically motivated attacks. And they’re seeing their organizations’ attack surfaces grow in size and complexity, making them harder to defend.</p>
<p>Against that backdrop, CEOs <a target=”_blank” href=”https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Cybersecurity_Outlook_2026.pdf” rel=”noopener”>told</a> the World Economic Forum for its “Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026″ January report that they were most concerned about <a href=”https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/tip/Generative-AI-is-making-phishing-attacks-more-dangerous”>cyber-enabled fraud and phishing</a> and AI vulnerabilities, while CISOs reported being most concerned with ransomware attacks and supply chain disruptions.</p>
<p>These worries are prompting a 2026 security technologies spending boom as organizations work to reinforce their defenses. Precedence Research, for example, reported that the global cybersecurity market will hit $339.96 billion in 2026, a 12% increase from 2025. By 2034, security spending will eclipse $875 billion, more than double 2026 expenditures, the company said.</p>
<p>The projected increase in spending is attributed to several factors, including existing and evolving threats, data privacy regulations, digital transformation, data breaches, privacy issues and more.</p>
<p>So, which technologies will help CISOs and their teams counter these challenges and defend their networks? Security practitioners require a range of technologies to get the job done in 2026, including the following.</p>
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<h2 class=”section-title”><i class=”icon” data-icon=”1″></i>1. AI-enabled security</h2>
<p>AI<b>-</b>based security tools are viewed as the only way enterprises can keep pace with bad actors using AI to craft attacks.</p>
<p>”AI is being used effectively as a defense tool, and that’s going to be useful to improve the resiliency of the organization,” sai
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