The World Cup Has 48 Teams. Adversaries Are Playing Too.

**Executive Summary:** This SecurityScorecard commentary warns that the 2026 FIFA World Cup will create a vast, interconnected attack surface spanning three nations and thousands of vendors, amplifying supply‑chain and third‑party cyber risk; it urges continuous external visibility, threat intelligence integration, automation, and resilience planning (and highlights SecurityScorecard's TITAN AI) to anticipate, prioritize, and recover from potential cyber disruptions.