AI-driven attacks, increasingly targeted threat actors, and rising concerns around data sovereignty are reshaping the way Swiss companies need to think about digital risk and cybersecurity. Which developments should IT teams prepare for in 2026? How has AI changed the game for both defenders and criminals? And what does this mean for organisations that rely on Cloud infrastructure?
To explore these questions, we spoke with Nadir Jabiyev, Head of IT Operations and Security at Xelon. With more than two decades of hands-on IT experience and a career that spans system engineering, FinTech compliance, and modern cyber-security leadership, Nadir offers a grounded and forward-looking perspective on what Swiss IT leaders should know and what they should be doing right now.