Risk didn't slow down in 2026 — it compounded, and the data proves it.

Cybersecurity's three-year reign as the #1 corporate threat just ended in a tie: economic risk has caught up, with both now cited by 55% of risk leaders as a top threat. Political instability climbed into the top three. Seventy-four percent of organizations now use AI in their risk programs, yet just 17% feel very prepared to govern that risk — and worst-case scenario planning just posted its first-ever year-over-year decline.

This session unveils new data from Riskonnect's 2026 New Generation of Risk Report. An executive panel of senior risk leaders, moderated by Riskonnect CMO Andrea Brody, will unpack where 2026's predictions met reality and where the gaps are widest: governing AI and agentic systems, hardening cyber resilience, navigating geopolitical disruption, managing third-party and Nth-party exposure, and allocating resources under continued economic pressure.