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What’s important to the CISO in 2026
Executive insights
Five topics shaping the information security agenda
Cyber agility: The key to balancing risks and opportunities
The CISO role is at a pivotal moment. As technology accelerates and new threats emerge, you’re expected to lead at the pace of change. AI, quantum computing, and a hyperconnected world are reshaping risk—and your business is watching.
To stay ahead, security can’t be an afterthought. It needs to be built into enterprise strategy from the start. That means elevating cyber from control to catalyst, shaping strategy with the C-suite, and translating risk into metrics the whole business understands. This is your moment to lead with resilience and build a future in which trust and innovation scale together.
In the spotlight
New world, new rules: Cybersecurity in an era of uncertainty
CISOs are navigating a rapidly evolving threat environment that’s challenging the limits of today’s cyber strategies. Responding with urgency requires fresh thinking across capabilities, talent and technology. PwC’s 2026 Global Digital Trust Insights survey and C-suite playbook reveal how leaders are adapting to this uncertainty and taking practical steps to reshape cyber strategy.
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The {top-2} challenges to implementing AI for cyber defense are knowledge and skills gaps
Where to focus in 2026
Resilience
Bridge cyber resilience gaps
The risks and expectations testing enterprise cyber resilience aren’t new, but they’re evolving fast. Persistent gaps in monitoring, controls, and governance are now magnified by geopolitical pressure. Disruptive technologies like AI and quantum computing are reshaping the cyber risk paradigm. Moreover, privacy and regulatory demands are more complex as global regulations increase, and states remain more prescriptive. In this environment, resilience can’t be static. It requires ongoing adaptation and sustained investment in strategic cyber risk management.
As a CISO, you’re in a position to lead with impact. That starts by assessing your exposure across global operations and high-risk regions. Threat modeling, scenario planning, and attack simulations should reflect today’s threat landscape—especially across third-party, legacy, and complex supply chains. Cyber readiness isn’t just about protection. It’s how you help your company stay agile and build trust that lasts.
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Align cyber investments to business strategy
Is your organization investing enough in cybersecurity to safeguard critical business functions? Are the most concerning risks getting the most attention? To align proactive action and investment to the right priorities, you need to translate cyber risk in business terms. Cyber risk quantification gives you the tools to clarify what matters most—and the credibility to make your case in the boardroom.
Embedding risk quantification into board dashboards and aligning with C-suite priorities helps shift your conversation from risk to resilience, and from cost to value. Moreover, spending more on proactive measures (monitoring, assessments, testing) compared to reactive measures (remediation, litigation, recovery) can help you avoid unsustainable costs—before a crisis occurs.
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{Only 50%} of executives say they are measuring the financial impact of cyber risks to a significant or large extent
Regulation and compliance
Team up with your C-suite and board to foster cyber compliance
Cybersecurity compliance is no longer a box to tick. It’s a business-critical responsibility for the enterprise. It touches every part of the business and demands precision, transparency, and strategic oversight. However, achieving compliance can be complex, especially across overlapping global (DORA) and US-based standards (SEC, CIRCIA) spanning sectors. You’re being asked to interpret and operationalize evolving expectations and work closely with the C-suite and board to stay aligned.
This is your opportunity to simplify compliance complexity and accountability. Collaborate with your risk, finance, technology, and legal teams to map regulations to current business processes. By collectively clarifying your company’s cyber posture, defining oversight responsibilities, and keeping the board informed, you’ll build more defensible, informed reporting for regulators.
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Regulation and compliance
Navigating dual cyber incident reporting: SEC vs. DORA compliance
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Regulation and compliance
Cyber reporting for critical infrastructure
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Risk management
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Digital oversight and cybersecurity
Create a cloud and digital transformation security plan
Is your cybersecurity strategy keeping pace with your company’s transformation goals? As AI changes the way we work, next-generation cloud architectures and platform modernization can deliver adaptive capacity. A cloud-first approach unites your applications and makes AI scalable to handle evolving workflows and processes. But transformation can also introduce complexity, risk, and expand the attack surface.
You’re in a unique position to embed security into transformation—by design. That starts with setting shared goals with your fellow tech leaders and building security into every phase—from architecture to engineering to deployment. A robust integration plan can close resilience gaps, reduce misconfigurations, and help avoid rework down the line. When security moves in step with innovation, resilience becomes a key driver of performance.
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Risk management
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[33%] of executives identify cloud-related threats as the top cyber threat they’re least prepared to address, ahead of third-party breach and supply-chain compromise
Data governance
Enhance data trust and protection measures
High-quality data, strong governance, and end-to-end data security are essential to advance strategic decisions and build trust, particularly for AI outcomes. As AI agents and machine learning capabilities evolve, so do the risks—from privacy violations to data quality issues and model misuse. CISOs play a critical role in collaborating with data leaders to secure the foundation AI depends on.
It’s not too early to reassess data governance to align on what’s most critical. Identify sensitive and high-value data and confirm controls are in place to safeguard integrity, privacy, and availability. Organizations investing early in data risk management are better positioned to scale AI securely from the ground up and unlock their foundational data value.
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