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2026 PREDICTIONS HIGHLIGHTS

When Trust Breaks:
2026 Cyber Trends & Predictions

Is Your Software Supply Chain Ready for the 2026 Threat Landscape?

As we move into 2026, the digital and physical battlefields have officially merged. The UK’s 2025 Strategic Defence Review has redefined national security, identifying the Cyber domain as a fundamental pillar of resilience. For organisations, this means software is no longer just an asset—it is a primary target in an era of constant geopolitical competition.

Shifting from Detection to Real-Time Resilience

In 2026, security success is no longer measured by how many vulnerabilities are found. The defining question is whether organisations can respond at machine speed when trust in their supply chain breaks. Attackers have moved beyond simple bugs; they are now weaponising trusted software update paths, compromising software admin and publisher accounts, and harvesting account authorisation credentials at scale.

What You Will Learn in This Forecast

  • The Regulatory Catalyst  Why compliance will become the primary driver of security investment in 2026.
  • Provenance as a Priority  How to move from static SBOMs to machine-verifiable integrity for every software component.
  • Remediation at Scale  Why manual patching is obsolete and how "silent fixing" preserves developer flow without sacrificing security.
  • The CNI Mandate  Strategic insights into securing Critical National Infrastructure against sub-threshold "grey zone" attacks.

Master the New Rules of Software Sovereignty

Don’t just build fast. Fix faster and prove control in real time. Download the Meterian 2026 Predictions EBook today to equip the leadership team with the strategic framework needed to navigate the collapse of traditional AppSec models.
Or schedule a demo to see how Meterian can help mitigate risks in your software supply chain.
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Vivian Dufour
CEO of Meterian
“Security platforms that cannot produce machine-verifiable compliance evidence will increasingly fail procurement and audit requirements. Best-effort security will not satisfy fixed remediation deadlines. Automation becomes mandatory.” 
Read our 2026 cyber trends &  predictions to see how we’re helping the UK’s digital infrastructure stay secure.