This month, Devoteam Cyber Trust has produced a Report outlining 10 Cybersecurity Trends for 2026: an essential guide for organisations to prepare for the challenges of the coming year in an increasingly digital, automated, and global world.
As 2026 marks the full integration of artificial intelligence, demanding new measures to protect models and data, the transition to post-quantum cryptography forces organisations to implement critical systems and plan for the adoption of more resilient algorithms.
Operational Zero Trust in hybrid and multi-cloud environments is consolidated, with access based on consistent identities and policies - across datacentre, cloud, and SaaS. Technical and business teams are brought closer through CTEM as the common language for risk exposure, with a unified exposure matrix, and identity and behaviour are foreseen as the main control plane.
In the coming year, the cloud, data, and software supply chain as a single attack surface will unify tools and practices to protect an increasingly interdependent ecosystem. At the same time, we will witness the growing industrialisation of cybercrime, RaaS and the democratisation of targets - making businesses of any size viable targets.
In parallel, high-impact regulation and risk expressed in euros increase scrutiny, demanding concrete evidence of control and financial measurement of risk. IT/OT convergence and digital sovereignty as architectural factors will directly influence technological decisions, reflecting strategic dependencies and regulatory contexts.
In 2026, another relevant topic is related to people-centric security: processes, interfaces, and incentives will be promoted, facilitating secure behaviours and digital sustainability, which translates into less redundant data, simpler systems, and well-managed life cycles, simultaneously reducing risk, cost, and complexity, while minimising human errors and promoting secure behaviours.
Is your company prepared for the challenges of 2026?
Learn about the Devoteam Cyber Trust's 10 Cybersecurity Trends for 2026 Report via the link: https://integrity.pt/landing/trends-2026.html
