Four Risks Boards Cannot Treat as Background Noise

The year 2025 redefined the cyber threat landscape, as attacks escalated from data breaches to crippling business-wide disruptions. Last year’s cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover halted production lines for five weeks, prompting the British government to step in with a $2 billion bailout.

This episode captures what changed in 2025: Rather than stolen data making headlines, it was business stoppage that triggered attention. Moving into 2026, the board’s focus should be on ensuring business continuity and building resilience in the face of emerging risks generated by AI usage and attack vectors, quantum computing and geopolitics.

Below we look at four risks reshaping organizational resilience—risks that can impact operations, supply chains, revenue and credibility.

1. AI as force multiplier for cybercrime

AI risk is not only about attack severity, but also about frequency and more surgical attacks at scale. But what the board forgets is that AI can ...