81% of CIOs are concerned that citizen-built AI could expose sensitive company data.

55% of consumers feel confident protecting their data online.

88% of consumers would stop using a company if their data was not secure.

One in five developers grant AI agents permission for unrestricted file deletion, risking recursive wiping of a project or system.

39.7% of all data movements into AI tools involve sensitive data, including prompts or copy-paste actions.

The average employee enters sensitive data into AI tools once every three days.

70% of senior leaders are losing sleep over the security of their critical data.

11% of leaders say they are aware of definite weak points when their data travels across third-party infrastructures.

56% of enterprise leaders classify AI-related risks to their critical data as moderate to extreme.

83% of enterprise leaders agree that reducing third-party network hops increases security.

48% of enterprise leaders are not fully confident they could demonstrate compliance with data protection regulations.

32% of leaders do not know the locations of all of their data centers, rising to 49% when including third-party providers.

Only 52% of enterprise leaders feel very confident about the security of data travelling across their own networks.

Data security is the single biggest network concern for enterprises, cited by 35% of leaders.

64% of enterprise leaders in the UK view AI as posing little or no threat to networks.

Only 28% of leaders in France feel certain they meet regulatory requirements, compared to 60% in the UK.

70% of enterprise leaders use real-time alerts to secure data.

Nearly a third of senior leaders admit "we know we should do more than we do" when it comes to critical data security.

Confidence in data security falls to 40% when data passes through third-party provider networks.

38% of New Yorkers reported they have already stopped using a service because they did not trust it to protect their data.