Annual Review
NCSC Annual Review 2026
Looking back at the National Cyber Security Centre's tenth year and its key developments and highlights, between 1 September 2025 and 31 August 2026.
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Technology and the future of cyber security

The defining cyber security challenge of the next decade is adapting quickly enough to keep pace with AI.
In this chapter:
- A decade of technological change
The next 10 years will be defined by increasingly capable AI systems and machine-speed cyber operations. Understanding these shifts is critical to maintaining the UK's cyber resilience.