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Cybersecurity in 2026 pivots from building higher walls to one core question: how fast can organisations recover when attacks inevitably hit?.

OpenText warns 2026 will bring an AI‑driven identity crisis, deepfake-fuelled scams and decision overload that many firms are not ready for.

Agentic AI promises rapid software gains, but a recent Claude Code cyberattack shows how “double agents” can outpace unprepared developers.

UK councils ramp up AI spending to boost efficiency and services, but poor strategy and complexity risk wasting taxpayers' money.

By 2026, Java is tipped to be AI's production backbone, driving heavier compute, tighter security and runtime modernisation.

To turn digital accessibility talk into action, organisations must embed inclusive design, AI and governance across the product lifecycle.

Data centres can't PR their way out of scrutiny; only clear, consistent brands will rebuild trust in power-hungry infrastructure.

Auto-update turns your firewall into a living defence, slashing patch delays and shutting attackers' favourite door: unpatched systems.

Clean B2B data boosts marketing, sales and compliance; profiling, validating and standardising records cuts waste and sharpens decisions.

Outdated, inaccurate and duplicate records are crippling data-driven decisions, but simple verification and cleansing tools can reverse the damage.

Mid-market retailers are losing billions to increasingly sophisticated fraud, as outdated defences and lax checks leave gaping security holes.

AI is becoming shipping's co-pilot, reshaping how fleets are designed, built and run as maritime competitiveness enters a new digital era.

TGT Global has promoted Thaddeus Susara to vice president of channel and strategic partnerships to spearhead a new vendor-focused push.

Yubico experts say 2026 will redefine authentication, with post-quantum security, digital ID wallets and AI-driven threats converging.

As payers deploy always-on audits, healthcare must hardwire real-time documentation and coding checks into everyday clinical practice.

AI in 2026 will bring harsher harms and huge gains, forcing business to prioritise governance, greener models and pragmatic industrial uses.

Accurate address data is emerging as a critical, often overlooked weapon in the fight for reliable digital identity verification and fraud control.

AI-driven fraud, deepfakes and synthetic IDs are redefining 2026 risk, forcing firms to ditch reactive tools for layered, intelligent defence.

Digital transformation falters not for lack of tech, but because untrusted data quietly undermines scale, speed and customer experience.

Generative AI promises transformation, but without modern, rigorous data governance frameworks, projects risk failure, fines and lost trust.