Tech and compliance 2026: What to watch for in AI, cybersecurity and quantum computing - Compliance Week

Welcome to ComplianceWeek.com. This site uses cookies. Read our policy. OK Skip to main content Skip to navigation OPINION Tech and compliance 2026: What to watch for in AI, cybersecurity and quantum computing By Ruth PrickettTue, Jan 6, 2026 8:15 AM What will be the critical tech issues for compliance in 2026? We asked experts what tech, digital, and cyber issues they believe compliance teams should be focusing on in the year ahead. THIS IS MEMBERS-ONLY CONTENT LEARN MORE You are not logged in and do not have access to members-only content. If you are already a registered user or a member, now. RELATED ARTICLES Article FINRA executive explains regulator’s use of AI at Compliance Week event Feb 5, 2026 6:12 PM By Adrianne Appel The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has welcomed artificial intelligence (AI) with open arms—and also caution. Survey CW survey: Compliance teams struggling with AI implementation and trust issues Jan 26, 2026 4:37 PM By Oscar Gonzalez As companies push employees to use Artificial Intelligence tools to boost efficiency, many organizations are encountering challenges in implementing the technology. A new Compliance Week and konaAI survey found that the most common obstacles were practical and operational issues tied to existing compliance infrastructure. Article Six AI questions compliance officers must answer in 2026 Jan 20, 2026 3:25 PM By Tom Fox As artificial intelligence reshapes business, compliance teams face new questions about risk and oversight. These are the key issues compliance professionals should be asking as they evaluate their programs heading into 2026. LOAD MORE ARTICLES MORE FROM OPINION Opinion From enforcer to coach: Engineering compliance that happens at speed Mar 13, 2026 11:48 AM By Tegan Gebert, Chris Audet and Doug Eckstein, CW guest columnists New Gartner research reveals why traditional risk management is failing to keep pace with modern risks, and outlines how compliance leaders must enable organizational risk owners to build an instinctive Risk Reflex. Opinion Leveraging COSO to mitigate AI risk: A step-by-step guide Mar 12, 2026 4:37 PM By Jonny Frank and Michael Costa, CW guest columnists AI elevates compliance, or exposes it. The technology presents compliance leaders and lawyers with an extraordinary opportunity to elevate their roles, as well as an equally extraordinary risk of accountability when AI fails, misleads, discriminates, hallucinates, or generates unreliable outputs. Opinion An appreciation of CW’s data and research journalist, Aly McDevitt Mar 6, 2026 3:26 PM By Tom Fox One of the best things about writing for Compliance Week is reading the fabulous work by my colleagues. For me, CW data and research journalist Aly McDevitt has always stood out as someone whose work in reporting on and writing the Compliance Week case studies is work I have greatly ... LOAD MORE ARTICLES Contact us CW Advisory Board Help Editorial Submissions Advertise Email Preferences Media Inquiries Reprints My CW CW Staff Media Toolkit Search TERMS AND CONDITIONSPRIVACY POLICYDO NOT SELL MY INFO© 2025 COMPLIANCE WEEK Connect with us to join the compliance conversation. Site powered by Webvision Cloud