ISACA’s 2026 State of Cybersecurity survey report, sponsored by Wolters Kluwer TeamMate, gathered responses from more than 1,800 cybersecurity professionals across the globe, exploring trends in cybersecurity hiring, staffing, and budgets; cyberrisk and threats; cybersecurity operations; and the role of AI in cybersecurity work.

The April PocketOS incident demonstrates the risks of deploying autonomous AI agents without adequate governance, after an agent accidentally erased an organization’s production database.