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AI, Geopolitics, and Legacy Centralized Cybersecurity Solutions: The new risk vectors

The new risk vectors according to the World Economic Forum

2026 begins under the sign of a profound transformation of the cyber landscape.
According to the Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026 from the World Economic Forum, cyber risks are not only growing — they are accelerating; fueled by new cyber risk vectors: AI, the current geopolitical setting, and the increasing complexity of supply chains.
Adding to this is the continued use by companies of legacy centralized cybersecurity solutions, which are too slow for the speed at which attackers operate.

Going Beyond Legacy Centralized Cybersecurity Solutions

This compels companies to rethink the entire response paradigm, integrating intelligent technologies, multilevel governance, and cross-sector collaboration.
At the forefront — as a structural rather than accessory element — is resilience.
The goal is to ensure not only protection, but also operational continuity and the resulting economic stability.

AI as an Accelerator (and Multiplier) of Threats

The most emblematic data point in the report is that 94% of the leaders interviewed believe that AI will be the main driver of change in cybersecurity in 2026. And not in a positive sense.

While AI provides extraordinary tools for threat detection and response, it also represents an asymmetric lever for attackers:

  • generative models for advanced phishing,
  • automation tools for adaptive malware,
  • targeted attacks based on behavioral profiling.

Validating this, 87% of respondents report an increase in vulnerabilities linked to the introduction and use of AI, including agentic AI within companies.

Geopolitics and Low Confidence in National Response Capabilities

Threats are evolving, while confidence in national response capabilities is decreasing.
Only 38% of North American respondents believe their country is prepared to defend critical infrastructures from cyberattacks — a figure that has declined compared to the previous year.

This geopolitical “digital divide” produces a highly relevant side effect: the fragmentation of standards and defense capabilities.
Moreover, the digital divide weakens global supply chains and increases exposure to risks.

Resilience: From Word to Practice

As mentioned at the beginning, the report identifies cyber resilience as essential, assigning it not only the technical profile we all know, but also an economic and social connotation.

Sectors Where Technical Specificities Have Greater Impact:

  • Intelligent automation, to reduce reliance on overloaded operators;
  • Integration between IT, OT, and IoT, to protect real attack surfaces;
  • Distributed governance, to ensure rapid responses even in the absence of connectivity.

Centralized Cybersecurity Solutions VS Automated Cyber Resilience

It clearly emerges — in the World Economic Forum report — that traditional cybersecurity solutions (centralized, slow, reactive) are no longer sufficient.
Additionally, it is emphasized that the response to the new frontier of cyberattacks (automated) must at the very least, and as an essential element, be real-time.

Necessary Features of Security Solutions

  • identify anomalies even without signatures or precedents;
  • react autonomously;
  • operate in segregated, air-gapped, or legacy environments.

Where the Agger Cybersecurity Solution Makes the Difference

Integration of AI, automation, and unified architecture.

Platforms like AGGER, Gyala’s IT/OT cybersecurity solution, make the difference by integrating AI, reaction automation, and IT/OT defense in a single architecture.
Agger offers a model of operational resilience, already adopted in sectors such as healthcare, industry, finance, and defense.

The Challenge is Not Only Technological but Strategic According to the World Economic Forum

2026 will not be an “ordinary” year for cybersecurity. As highlighted by the World Economic Forum,
“The challenge is no longer only technological, but strategic.”
Organizations capable of integrating operational resilience and cross-sector collaboration will be those that ensure continuity and competitiveness.
Entities made secure through intelligent automation will foster trust in an increasingly digital and interdependent ecosystem.