AI Security Is Top Cyber Concern: World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026 finds AI to be the foremost driver of change in cybersecurity, with CEOs prioritizing cyber-enabled fraud and AI vulnerabilities while CISOs remain focused on ransomware and supply chain resilience. Respondents report rising concern over GenAI risks (data leaks, adversarial capabilities, system security, and governance), increased adoption of AI security assessments, and broad use of AI in security operations for phishing detection, anomaly response, and user analytics. The report also underscores geopolitical cyber threats and a decline in confidence in national cyber preparedness, with notable regional variance in perceived readiness.