Cybersecurity 2026 | The Year Ahead in AI, Adversaries, and Global Change

SentinelLABS' Cybersecurity 2026 outlook surveys how AI, geopolitical shifts, and organized adversaries will drive higher tempo and scale in cyber operations: attackers will use AI as a force multiplier to automate probing and exploitation, nation-state-aligned influence and hack-and-leak campaigns (illustrated by MOVEit and potential US–Venezuela operations) will converge across actors like Russia, Iran, and China, and defenders must become AI-native to close the operational gap and manage emergent risks to energy, telecoms, logistics, and diaspora media.