Data study ·
78% of banking companies prioritise cybersecurity investment in the face of the AI threat
Original title, in Spanish: “El 78% de las compañías bancarias priorizan la inversión en ciberseguridad ante la amenaza de la IA”
- Publication
- Cinco Días (Spain)
- Author
- Màrius Lamor
- Published on
- 24 October 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
According to KPMG's study Zoom, preparados para la disrupción, 39% of Spanish employers make cybersecurity an investment priority in response to AI-related risks, a share that rises to 78% in the banking industry and 42% in insurance. The study, based on the Global Tech 2026 and Perspectivas 2026 reports (more than 1,200 Spanish executives surveyed), stresses that European banks must present their contingency plans to the ECB in October in response to Anthropic's new AI model Mythos, which is capable of detecting software vulnerabilities. The Chairman of KPMG Spain, Juanjo Cano, states that disruption is now "structural". The study recommends that companies develop AI and data governance capabilities, and identifies tourism, transport, consumer goods and retail as the Spanish industries most exposed.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
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78 %
share of Spanish banking companies prioritising cybersecurity investment in the face of the AI threat
Spain, banking industry, KPMG Perspectivas 2026 survey
« Una cifra que se eleva hasta el 78% en las compañías de banca, según el informe Zoom, preparados para la disrupción, elaborado y publicado recientemente por la consultora KPMG. »
Source: KPMG, informe Zoom, preparados para la disrupción
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39 %
share of Spanish employers that make cybersecurity an investment priority
Spain, all employers, KPMG survey
« un 39% de los empresarios españoles ya la sitúa como prioridad de inversión »
Source: KPMG
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47 %
share of Spanish employers citing regulatory changes among their main challenges
Spain, KPMG Perspectivas 2026 survey
« el 47% de los empresarios españoles sitúa los cambios regulatorios entre sus principales retos »
Source: KPMG, Perspectivas 2026
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42 %
share of the insurance industry for which cybersecurity in the face of AI is a priority
Spain, insurance industry, KPMG survey
« lo es también para el 42% del sector de los seguros »
Source: KPMG
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40 %
share of financial industry executives who identify data security as key to their strategic objectives
Spain, financial industry, KPMG survey
« el 40% de los directivos del sector financiero identifica la seguridad de los datos como un elemento clave para alcanzar sus objetivos estratégicos »
Source: KPMG
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1,200 companies
number of Spanish business owners and executives surveyed in the Perspectivas 2026 survey
Spain, 2026
« una encuesta en la que participaron más de 1.200 empresarios y directivos españoles para evaluar sus prioridades estratégicas, de ciberseguridad, regulatorias y de inteligencia artificial frente al panorama de incertidumbre global de este año »
Source: KPMG, Perspectivas 2026
Classification
- Country
- Spain
- Company size
- All sizes
- Industries
- Banking, insurance, asset management, finance departments · Tourism, hospitality, catering · Retail and distribution, e-commerce · Transport, logistics, supply chain · All industries, or industry not specified
- Companies
- Banco Central Europeo (cited), Anthropic (cited), KPMG España (study author)
- Keywords
- cybersecurity, ai risks, banking industry, ai governance, regulation, insurance
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Cinco Días and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.