It’s that season once again. The time in which all cybersecurity prognosticators and armchair analysts get on their feet, pound the pulpits, and decry that they know what is coming in the next calendar year. Spoiler alert – the bulk of the predictions will be slightly off at best and wildly inaccurate at worst. However, the astute reader is well advised to consider the trends amongst the recommendations coming from multiple pundits as they are very likely to be directionally accurate. Below you’ll find my top three cybersecurity related predictions for 2026 for use in your own critical thinking and crystal ball gazing process. Connect my future vision with all the other predictions out there and you will likely be too scared with FUD to sleep until after the new year. With that, I hope your 2026 is better than your 2025 ever dreamed of being.

Full prediction : 2026 will see an intensified AI-driven cybersecurity arms race, with attackers leveraging autonomous malware and advanced AI technologies to outpace defenders.