2026 Cybersecurity Assessment: The Gap Between Awareness and Resilience
Jul 01, 2026
Attack Surface / Artificial Intelligence
Organizations have never had greater awareness of cyber risk. Yet turning that awareness into operational resilience has never been more challenging. The 2026 Bitdefender Cybersecurity Assessment confirms this is the case, as this year's findings reveal a series of surprising contradictions. Here are a few examples, based on the independent survey of 1,200 IT and cybersecurity professionals across six countries. IT & security leaders believe they have sufficient visibility into employee AI usage, while many frontline practitioners disagree . Security teams understand the importance of reducing the attack surface, yet they often lack the skills, resources, or strategy to do so. AI dominates cybersecurity conversations, but in some cases, it is drawing attention away from more prevalent attack techniques already causing significant damage. Although organizations say they recognize the importance of transparency after a breach, many professionals st...
