2026: New Threats, New Rules

A Practical Game Plan for CISOs Facing an Unstable AI and Cyber Risk Landscape

Coffee cup cheers, security gang,

The article is a day late but I couldn’t finish it before Shabbat so I made the final changes and here it is.

As we step into 2026, one uncomfortable truth is already evident: there will be no stable cybersecurity baseline this year. The threat landscape is not just evolving; it is continuously shifting, driven largely by artificial intelligence on both the offensive and defensive sides.

This matters because most enterprise security strategies are still built for stability. Annual risk assessments. Static architectures. Governance models designed for incremental change. In 2026, those assumptions collapse. The goal posts will move repeatedly, sometimes quarter to quarter, sometimes faster than governance cycles can keep up.

This article is not another opinion piece or trend forecast. It is a game plan grounded in the lessons of 2025 and designed to help CISOs reset strategy, execution, and board-level communication for a year defined by uncertainty, AI acceleration, and heightened accountability.