Logicalis-CIO-Report-2026 - Flipbook - Page 20
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ybersecurity was already oper-
C
lenge is far from under control. Malware
ating under sustained pressure
and ransomware remain the dominant
long before AI entered the main-
threats (33%), closely followed by phishing
stream. Spending has increased, tooling
(30%). The baseline risk environment
has multiplied, and threat volumes have
remains unpredictable, resource-hungry
continued to rise. Yet con昀椀dence has not
and structurally demanding.
grown at the same pace.
What has changed is the nature of the
Last year’s report highlighted the ‘secu-
threat landscape itself. AI is no longer
rity spending black hole’ paradox of rising
just a tool that security teams deploy to
investment alongside persistent inci-
improve detection or automate response.
dents. That tension has not disappeared.
It has become part of the attack surface.
The majority of organisations still report
More than a quarter of CIOs now rank AI
experiencing a cybersecurity incident in
itself as a signi昀椀cant source of risk (28%),
the past 12 months (77%), and while that
placing it on par with the more estab-
number peaked at 88% in 2025, the chal-
lished modes of cyber-attack.
