WEF Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026
The outlook frames the cyber risk landscape as shaped by AI-driven threats, geopolitical instability, and widespread cyber-enabled fraud. It notes an AI arms race amplifying vulnerabilities, a fragmented global order increasing state-sponsored threats, and pervasive phishing affecting personal and professional networks. The report highlights a strategic disconnect between CEOs prioritizing financial impacts and CISOs focused on operational risks. It identifies widening “cyber inequity,” with public sector and NGO organizations less resilient due to skill shortages and funding gaps. Overall, the outlook emphasizes that cyber resilience depends on collective action, collaboration, and intelligence sharing.