Trend Trend 7: defence moves from detecting attacks to preventing them
Summary
The seventh selected trend changes the moment at which defence acts. Instead of detecting and responding after an attack starts, techniques driven by AI are meant to anticipate, disrupt and neutralize it beforehand, through deception, moving target defence, obfuscation, predictive threat intelligence and exposure management.
Classification
Main topicDigital Infrastructure & Cyber
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon0-3 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 2
- Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2026 Gartner, Inc. page=19;section=7 Preemptive cybersecurity 2025 accessed 2026-07-26
- Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2026 Gartner, Inc. page=19;section=7 Preemptive cybersecurity 2025 accessed 2026-07-26
Observed signals 2
Part of issues 2
- IssueExponential threat growth is asserted without any quantity attached1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueTheme 3 The Vanguard: whether trust can be secured while AI adoption scales1 trends · 1 signals
Relation types: constitutes · supports
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