30 Dec The Top Cybersecurity Predictions For 2026
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine
Sausalito, Calif. – Dec. 30, 2025
–Read the full story in Government Technology
Dan Lohrmann, internationally recognized cybersecurity leader, technologist, keynote speaker and author covered “The Top 26 Security Predictions for 2026” in Government Technology this week.
“Cybersecurity Ventures and Cybercrime Magazine always offer a mountain of excellent information, statistics and also predictions,” according to Lohrmann, who called out our “Official 2026 Cybersecurity Market Report: Predictions And Statistics” and this PDF version of the details.
Here are some highlights, but Lohrmann encourages readers to “please read this excellent report” at the links provided (above):
Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that the world will spend $522 billion on cybersecurity products and services in 2026;
Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that cybercrime will cost the world $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, up from $3 trillion in 2015;
The U.S. spends more than $25 billion on cybersecurity every year, more than any other nation.
The Government Technology article features predictions from Forbes, IDC, Coursera, Deloitte, Microsoft, PwC, TechRepublic, and others.
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