68% of Employees Feed Sensitive Data to AI, Exposing Major Governance Gaps
shensi · x · 2026-08-09
A survey of 1,500+ full-time employees reveals alarming enterprise AI governance gaps:
- 68% have input sensitive company or customer data into AI tools.
- 73% of companies lack a formal, enforced policy on AI access.
- 47% authenticate using personal logins instead of IT-provisioned access.
- 28% skip IT permission entirely due to slow approval processes.
The findings indicate that employees are bypassing IT to touch highly sensitive systems, and governance has yet to catch up.
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