Excerpt from Express Computer Article, Published on December 29, 2025
As organisations prepare for 2026, cybersecurity priorities are undergoing a major shift from experimenting with new technologies to focusing on resilience, speed and exposure management. Industry leaders at Tenable emphasise that the coming year will be about maturing security practices, not just chasing the latest tools.
Security chiefs now believe the era of novelty — especially around generative AI — is giving way to a more practical phase. Chief Security Officer Bob Huber says that security teams will move beyond buying plug – and – play tools to building smart, custom solutions that fit unique organisational needs and workflows. This approach will help teams manage risk and burnout while strengthening operational security.
Rather than rejecting automation outright, another key trend in cybersecurity for 2026 is embracing selective automation. Traditional caution against automatic remediation is fading, and organisations are realising that calculated automatic responses may be essential to keep up with fast – moving threats. This reflects a broader mindset shift toward speed and adaptability in defending complex environments.
Resilience is also climbing the boardroom agenda. Recent global outages experienced by major tech firms have shown that recovery speed can be as important as prevention. In 2026, companies will prioritise not only avoiding incidents but restoring operations quickly before reputational damage takes hold.
AI remains central to security discussions, though not necessarily in finding new attack vectors. Instead, AI accelerates traditional methods, increasing the volume and pace of attacks. The real challenge for security teams is responding quickly to incidents that may unfold before manual detection can happen.
Together, these shifts signal that cybersecurity in 2026 will focus less on hype and more on operational maturity, proactive defence and strategic exposure awareness. Organisations that align tools, processes and people around these themes will be better equipped to handle the fast – paced threat landscape ahead.
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