Cloud CISO Perspectives: Our 2026 Cybersecurity Forecast Report
Google, Monday, December 29th, 2025
Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for December 2025. Today, Francis deSouza, COO and president, Security Products, Google Cloud, shares our Cybersecurity Forecast report for the coming year, with additional insights from our Office of the CISO colleagues.
Forecasting 2026: The year AI rewrites the security playbook
We are at a unique point in time where we're facing a generational refactoring of the entire technology stack, including the threat landscape. 2025 was a watershed year in cybersecurity, where AI moved to the forefront of every company's agenda, changing the game for both security offense and defense.
While threats continue to intensify - with attackers using AI for sophisticated phishing and deepfakes - defenders also have been gaining ground. This year's evolutions will continue to drive change in the coming year, and our annual Cybersecurity Forecast report for 2026 explores how today's lessons will impact tomorrow's cybersecurity across four key areas: artificial intelligence, cybercrime, nation-state threats, and regulatory obligations.