VikingCloud-Cyber-Threat-Landscape-2026.md

VikingCloud’s 2026 SMB Threat Landscape Report summarizes a December 2025 survey of 200 North American small and medium businesses, finding cybersecurity as the top operational risk—driven by AI-enabled attacks, third-party/vendor exposures, evolving payment technologies, and degraded basic cyber hygiene—and recommends adopting risk-directed security, AI-assisted detection/response, and external managed security support to close capacity and investment gaps.