Agentic AI will be a dominant theme in security. The question of whether agentic technology will deliver the expected returns hinges both on its implications for evolving security threats and on whether security teams can harness agentic capabilities to become more effective. Meanwhile, a growing web of interdependencies among third-party digital resources makes these shared assets attractive targets for attackers. Security will be a proving ground for how innovation will tackle all these factors in 2026.
Discover the ten key trends that the 451 Research analysts anticipate in 2026.
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Introduction:
The year ahead holds significant promise for IT, especially considering the recent upheaval that swept across the field. Enterprises scrambled to address the changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and vendors and service providers pivoted to fill the needs that these shifts created. This report looks at five key areas in IT that will have significant impacts today and in the near future. They are bound together by the need to more closely connect technology to the people who interact with it, shifting technology from an end to a means. Technology must serve new models of work, meld dispersed elements of infrastructure, and inform and enhance customer experience while securing the systems and information that drive it.
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