Dive Brief:
- The use of AI in the corporate workplace is growing so quickly that companies do not have the proper security controls and frameworks required to use the technology securely, according to a report released Wednesday by Vanta and Sepio Research.
- About two-thirds of IT and business leaders said their use of agentic AI outpaces their understanding of the technology. Meanwhile, six of 10 IT and business leaders said that AI-based cyber threats are outpacing their security team’s ability to deal with them.
- “So while AI is clearly viewed as a force multiplier for productivity, organizations haven’t yet built the governance structures, guardrails or incident response playbooks to match the speed of adoption,” Khush Kashyap, senior director, governance, risk and compliance at Vanta, told Cybersecurity Dive.
Dive Insight:
Companies are rapidly accelerating their implementation of or exploration of AI-based technologies in the workplace.
The report claims that eight of every 10 business and IT leaders surveyed said they either have deployed or plan to use AI agents in their organizations. The report is based on a survey of 3,500 IT and business leaders in the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany and Australia.
Prior research has shown that major companies have worked to improve the governance around AI risks. A report by EY released in October shows Fortune 100 firms have accelerated their regulatory disclosures regarding AI strategy and security risks.
However, a separate October report from EY shows about half of businesses have been impacted by security vulnerabilities in their AI systems.
