While 66% of Mexico’s organizations plan to increase their digital security budget in 2026, 47% reported security breaches costing up to US$10 million in the last three years, reveals the Digital Trust Insights 2026 report from PwC. However, only 40% exhaustively measure the potential financial impact of these cyber risks.
“The cybersecurity risk landscape continues to expand as technologies advance, economies transform, and markets evolve,” reads the report. “This may involve positioning cybersecurity and data protection as strategic differentiators, integrating controls, governance, and risk management to mitigate threats, drive business, and increase resilience.”
Mexican organizations report feeling significantly less prepared for “hack-and-leak” operations, with 44% citing it as a primary challenge, compared to only 21% globally. This challenge is followed by cloud-related threats (40% in Mexico vs 33% global) and attacks on connected devices (30% in Mexico vs 28% global).
The report identifies clear opportunities for improvement in data privacy and trust, particularly in correcting cloud misconfigurations, insufficient access controls, and managing digital…
