Luis Filipe Morais Galp Energia Leslie Nielsen Mimecast Sameer Patil Observer Research Foundation Cezary Piekarski Standard Chartered Thelma Quaye Smart Africa Secretariat Jim Reavis Cloud Security Alliance Humberto Luiz Ribeiro da Silva Ciberlab at University of Brasilia Robert Rodger Admiral Insurance Christian Rossow CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security Jason Ruger Lenovo Mehzad Sahar Engro Corporation Jamie Saunders University of Oxford Chua Kuan Seah Cyber Security Agency of Singapore Shlomo Serfaty Israel National Cyber Directorate Sachit Singh OakNorth Despina Spanou European Commission Confidence Staveley CyberSafe Foundation Diego Subero Organization of American States (OAS)Yann Sweeney Springer Nature Satoshi Takeda Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Kemba Walden Paladin Capital Group Wendi Whitmore Palo Alto Networks Carl Windsor Fortinet The authors are grateful to Shuyao Li, Cosima Piepenbrock, Aletta Steynberg, Jakub Tyrakowski and Kesang Tashi Ukyab for their contributions to the Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026. The World Economic Forum would like to acknowledge the following communities for their contributions to the Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026: the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Community, the Partnership Against Cybercrime community, the Cyber Resilience in Industries community, the Global Future Council on Cybersecurity, the Global Future Council on Artificial General Intelligence, the Global Future Council on Clean Air, the Global Future Council on Data Frontiers, the Global Future Council on Decentralized Finance, the Global Future Council on Energy Technology Frontiers, the Global Future Council on Generative Biology, the Global Future Council on Geopolitics, the Global Future Council on Information Integrity, and the Global Future Council on Next Generation Computing. Production Laurence Denmark Creative Director, Studio Miko Craig Hillsley Editor, Astra Content Alison Moore Editor, Astra Content Cat Slaymaker Designer, Studio Miko Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026 60