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5 Trends Driving OT Security in 2026: From State-Sponsored Attacks to AI-Powered Threats

5 Trends Driving OT Security in 2026: From State-Sponsored Attacks to AI-Powered Threats

2025 proved to be quite the year for the operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) risk and threat landscape. An analysis of ENISA's 2025 Threat Landscape found that 4,875 cybersecurity incidents occurred between July 2024 and June 2025, and incidents involving operational technology accounted for 18.2% of recorded cases. With major disruptive OT/ICS news stories in 2025 involving Jaguar Land Rover, Nucor Corp., and the Lake Risevatnet Dam attack, security experts expect these trends to continue, and possibly intensify, in ways that demand immediate strategic responses from industrial cybersecurity leaders. Here's how experts say the prevalent trends from last year will shape 2026.

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