Contributors Acknowledgements World Economic Forum Frédéric Calbert Data Intelligence and Visualisation Lead Akshay Joshi Head of the Centre for Cybersecurity, Member of the Executive Committee Accenture Toms Bernhards Callahan Research Specialist Jacky Fox Global Cyber Strategy Lead Shachi Jain Research Manager Elian Manev Technical Specialist Yusof Seedat Research Manager Additional acknowledgements World Economic Forum Chiara Barbeschi Specialist, Cyber Resilience, Centre for CybersecurityFilipe Beato Manager, Cyber Resilience, Centre for Cybersecurity Joanna Bouckaert Community Lead, Centre for Cybersecurity Seán Doyle Lead, Cybercrime Atlas Initiative, Centre for Cybersecurity Tal Goldstein Head of Strategy, Centre for Cybersecurity Isabella Kaplan Community Specialist, Centre for Cybersecurity Nataša Perucica Project Lead, Centre for Cybersecurity Luna Rohland Specialist, Cyber Resilience, Centre for Cybersecurity Apisada Suwansukroj Lead, Programming and Communications, Centre for Cybersecurity Natalia Umansky Project Specialist, Cybercrime Atlas Initiative, Centre for Cybersecurity The World Economic Forum would like to acknowledge the following organizations for their contributions to the Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026 survey: Cloud Security Alliance, Cyber Threat Alliance, CyberPeace Institute, Data Security Council of India (DSCI), Digi Americas Alliance, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO), ISC2, National Cybersecurity Authority of Saudi Arabia, NUS-ISS, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Oxford University, Smart Africa, Western Balkans Cyber Capacity Centre (WB3C). World Economic Forum Giulia Moschetta Initiatives Lead, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum Ellie Winslow Coordinator, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic ForumAccenture Willem Buys Security Manager, Accenture Kilian Hayat Security Consultant, AccentureLead authors Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026 58