2026 Cloud Security Predictions and Priorities for CISOs

What Will Lead Next Year's Cloud Security Agenda? Chaim Mazal • December 9, 2025

As 2026 approaches, one thing is certain: Artificial intelligence adoption will continue to accelerate at an extraordinary pace. Security teams need to keep pace with a threat landscape that evolves as fast as the technology driving it. CISOs will be tasked with maintaining security and control as hybrid cloud environments grow more distributed, automated and interconnected. According to the Gigamon 2025 Hybrid Cloud Security Survey, one in three organizations has already seen network volumes more than double in the past two years because of AI.

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The challenge isn't whether to embrace AI; it's how to adopt AI responsibly while managing risk with the same discipline applied to any major architectural shift.

This blog outlines four predictions for the pressures and priorities ...