Sophos forecasts industry-wide incident response capacity crunch as cyberattacks rise

• Sophos warned of an industry-wide incident response capacity crunch as cyberattacks accelerate, with its own response operation busier than ever.
• Google Threat Intelligence recorded 141 exploited vulnerabilities from January through August 2026, exceeding 127 in all of 2025.
• Widespread underreporting obscures breach costs, while organizations lacking security funding and expertise face the greatest exposure.
• Criminal adoption of AI remains at an early stage, leaving scope for attacks to scale as operational barriers fall.
• The analysis urged boards to accept operational disruption to accelerate patching, reduce internet exposure and expand AI-assisted defense.

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