The 2026 FIFA World Cup is one of the largest sporting events ever staged.
Forty-eight teams.
One hundred and four matches.
Sixteen host cities.
Three countries.
In the United States alone, the tournament has been described as “78 Super Bowls in 39 days.”
Which is a wonderful phrase, because it sounds impressive and terrifying in roughly equal measure.
But the most interesting thing about the World Cup is not the size of the crowds.
Or the number of police officers.
Or the surveillance technology.
Or even the threat landscape.
The interesting thing is what the tournament reveals about the future of security itself.
Because at this scale, security stops being a department.
It becomes a coordination problem.