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Sophos AI Security 2026 Report
Insights of AI cybersecurity use, risks, and threats across a customer base of over 625,000 organizations worldwide
Understanding the impact of AI on cybersecurity
AI is enabling attackers and defenders to move faster through familiar operations, though evidence of entirely novel attack types remains limited rather than absent – and may grow as capabilities scale.
2026 is the inflection point. Frontier and open-weight models are now capable enough for engineering delegation, while increased accessibility changes the opportunity, and the risk, for both defenders and threat actors.
This report draws on Sophos MDR and IR casework, SophosLabs analysis, Sophos CTU intelligence, and endpoint and network observations across a customer base of over 625,000 organizations worldwide.