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Rapid7 2026 Cybersecurity Trends Outlook: Geopolitical Tensions and Insider Threats Among Top Risks
BOSTON, Dec. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ: RPD), a leader in threat detection and exposure management, today released its top
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[{"type":"text","content":"BOSTON, Dec. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ: RPD), a leader in threat detection and exposure management, today released its top cybersecurity predictions for 2026 from executives Raj Samani, Sabeen Malik, and Rob Dooley during its Top Cybersecurity Predictions for 2026 webinar. Rapid7’s insights reveal the myriad impacts of geopolitical conflicts, highlight insiders as an increasing cybersecurity threat, and emphasize that contextual awareness will be vital for effective cyber defense in the year ahead. “Cybersecurity is intelligence. It's the ability to gather signals from the noise and respond appropriately,” said Samani, Rapid7’s chief scientist. “It begins with leveraging and utilizing actionable, unified cyber intelligence; looking for solutions that give you that unified approach and actionable outcomes that you can implement within your own environment.” Rapid7’s 2026 security predictions Geopolitical fault lines will redraw the cyber battlefield, as tensions between nation-states spill over into the private sector. The geopolitical landscape in 2026 will bring with it an expanding use of digital attacks beyond national borders, making private organizations in critical supply chains even more prone to becoming proxy targets for state-aligned groups. These attacks will blend third parties and nation-state actors while they are engaging in espionage and economic sabotage, allowing governments plausible deniability for real-world disruption. Organizations can use curated threat intelligence to track geopolitical flashpoints, emerging APT tools, and evolving attacker infrastructures to stay ahead of the threats to their critical infrastructure.Insider threats will dominate breach root causes, from simple negligence to monetized access selling. By 2026, threat actors won't always break in; they'll be invited. Disgruntled insiders and careless employees will become key vectors for compromise, especially as economic and cultural pressures continue to intensify. It will be critical that organizations establish behavior baselines across users and roles to flag anomalous access, downloads, and logins, as well as regularly review privilege models to limit unnecessary access and reduce potential blast radius.Context will become the new currency of cyber performance. You can’t successfully protect what you don't ful...