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Cybersecurity statistics about unstructured data

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39% of organizations say their unstructured data is somewhat or fully prepared for AI use.

Hyland5/27/2026
Data ReadinessAI Adoption

75% of organizations express confidence in their ability to secure unstructured data.

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Thales5/27/2026
Data Security

29% of organizations state that unstructured data accounts for more than half of their annual data growth.

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Thales5/27/2026
Data Growth

Organizations list security (74%), governance (57%), privacy (54%), and compliance (50%) as top concerns when it comes to unstructured data security.

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Thales5/27/2026
Data GovernanceData Security

47% of organizations view AI as a top future threat to unstructured data, and 40% view AI as a core security capability for unstructured data.

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Thales5/27/2026
AI SecurityAI Risk

Unstructured data accounts for approximately 33% of enterprise data.

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Thales5/27/2026
Enterprise Data

9% of organizations have real-time scanning capabilities for unstructured data, while 23% cannot scan unstructured data at all.

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Thales5/27/2026
Data Scanning

Unstructured data accounts for between 70% and 90% of enterprise data.

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Thales5/27/2026
Enterprise Data

68% of organizations report that less than 80% of their unstructured data is protected.

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Thales5/27/2026
Data Protection

32% of organizations use 11 or more tools to manage their unstructured data.

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Thales5/27/2026
Tool SprawlUnstructured Data Management

10% of organizations are unsure of their actual unstructured data protection coverage.

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Thales5/27/2026
Data Security

Of organizations that use 11 or more tools to manage unstructured data, 12% rely on at least 21 tools.

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Thales5/27/2026
Tool SprawlIT Operations