The 2026 KPMG cybersecurity report emphasizes that organizations are entering a new era of cyber risk driven by AI adoption, expanding digital ecosystems, regulatory pressure, and increasingly sophisticated threat actors. The report highlights that cyber resilience is becoming a core business priority rather than solely an IT function, requiring closer alignment between security, operations, legal, and executive leadership teams. Key concerns include AI-enabled attacks, third-party and supply chain vulnerabilities, cloud security complexity, ransomware, identity management, and growing regulatory scrutiny around data privacy and operational resilience. KPMG stresses the importance of proactive cyber strategies centered on zero trust architectures, continuous monitoring, automation, governance, incident response preparedness, and workforce education. The report also notes that organizations investing in resilience, secure digital transformation, and integrated risk management are better positioned to maintain trust, reduce operational disruption, and respond effectively to evolving cyber threats.

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