Cyber Frontiers 2026
A new perspective on an evolving cyber landscape
Cyber Frontiers brings together diverse voices from academia, industry and innovators in the security space, combined with advanced research to examine the realities facing security leaders today.
This edition explores new thinking around bridging skills shortages, vulnerability management and defending against breach, protecting against the rise of AI-enabled deepfakes and misinformation and prepare for the upcoming disruption of quantum computing.
Whether you’re a CISO, CIO, security practitioner or business leader, Cyber Frontiers offers collaborative insights and actionable insights to help you rethink your approach to cyber resilience today and prepare for what’s next.
FAQs
What is Cyber Frontiers?
Cyber Frontiers is NTT DATA’s annual cybersecurity journal, envisaged to collaborate with key stakeholders in the security space to solve today’s pressing issues and prepare for tomorrow. Towards safe and secure society for all. From rethinking defenses against emerging threats, to reviewing modern technology shifts and bringing together practical strategies and real-world insights that will collaboratively shape the future agenda for cybersecurity.
Who is Cyber Frontiers for?
CISOs, CIOs, security leaders, Chief Risk Officers, security practitioners, strategists and business executives who are keen to turn cybersecurity into a strategic advantage.
What do readers gain?
Clear, actionable insights spanning talent, operations, threat intelligence, AI, emerging risks and long-term planning — grounded in research and collaborative industry expertise.
Key themes in this edition
- The widening cybersecurity skills gap
- Turning fragmented controls into coordinated defense
- Understanding the postbreach reality
- The rise of AI-powered disinformation threats
- Preparing for the quantum era
Key traits of today’s cyber landscape
25%
of executives reported deepfake incidents targeting financial data
60%
of breaches in 2025 involved human factors
25%
of SOC workload is consumed by false positives
70%
of cyber professionals are experiencing burnout
Additional insights for business leaders
Postbreach reporting for the board
Boards increasingly expect clarity on detection speed, containment capability and operational resilience.
Cyber-risk quantification
Linking cyber exposure to financial and operational outcomes accelerates alignment and investment.
Regulatory confidence
New regulations and reporting requirements elevate cyber accountability across leadership.
From tools to outcomes
Business value — not tool count — is the emerging metric for cybersecurity effectiveness.
Additional insights for cyberpractitioners
AI-powered exploits and postexploitation automation
Attackers increasingly deploy AI to escalate privileges, move laterally and evade detection — requiring defenders to test beyond the initial breach.
Multimodal deepfake detection
Security operations center (SOC) teams need pipelines capable of analyzing audio, video and image inconsistencies in real time.
Quantum-ready architectures
Quantum key distribution, postquantum cryptography algorithms and quantum random number generators form tomorrow’s trust fabric.
Featured articles from Cyber Frontiers
Pressing issues for today’s security leaders
Bridging the cybersecurity skills gap
How academia and industry can work together to solve the talent shortage and build the next generation of cyber professionals.
Cyberalchemy: Transforming weakness into an impregnable shield
How to turn fragmented controls and exposed gaps into a unified, adaptable and resilient security posture.
Inside the breach
An attacker’s-eye view of post exploitation movement — and how security teams can detect, contain and expel intruders faster.
Forward-looking topics
Defending against disinformation and deepfakes in the AI era
Understanding the rise of synthetic media threats and how organizations can authenticate content and protect trust.
Threats and opportunities in the quantum era
Quantum computing will break today’s encryption — but also unlock new security models. Here’s how leaders should prepare.