Thales 2026 report warns AI ecosystems pose emerging insider threat without stronger governance
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Lu-Hai Liang
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Summary
Thales' 2026 Data Threat Report highlights growing security risks from AI ecosystems, including AI-fueled attacks like deepfakes, insufficient cloud data encryption, and the need for stronger identity and access management governance. The report found 70% of respondents are most concerned about the speed of AI change within AI ecosystems. Thales warns that without stronger governance, AI ecosystems could become a new insider threat, as data remains the most valuable commodity targeted by big tech, governments, and malicious actors.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledEffective data security has never been easy, and the pressures of AI and agentic ecosystems are creating new insider threats that demand stronger governance.
Data is the gold of the twenty-first century, the valuable commodity that big tech, governments and bad actors all covet.
70 percent of respondents citing the speed of AI change within AI ecosystems as top of mind when it comes to AI security.
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