Discover the top security technologies for 2026, from AI-enabled tools to quantum-safe protocols, as CISOs brace for evolving cyberthreats and attack surfaces.

The ever-evolving threat landscape looks particularly ominous to security executives scanning the 2026 horizon.

CISOs and their teams are bracing for more sophisticated, challenging and targeted AI-enabled cyberattacks. They're anticipating more geopolitically motivated attacks. And they're seeing their organizations' attack surfaces grow in size and complexity, making them harder to defend.

Against that backdrop, CEOs told the World Economic Forum for its "Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026" January report that they were most concerned about cyber-enabled fraud and phishing and AI vulnerabilities, while CISOs reported being most concerned with ransomware attacks and supply chain disruptions.

These worries are prompting a 2026 security technologies spending boom as organizations work to reinforce their defenses. Precedence Research, for example, reported that the global cybersecurity market will hit $339.96 billion in 2026, a 12% increase from 2025. By 2034, security spending will eclipse $875 billion, more than double 2026 expenditures, the company ...