34% of CFOs prioritize compliance and governance as a top cloud-related priority for the next 12 months.

Through 2027, manual AI compliance processes will expose 75% of regulated organizations to fines exceeding 5% of their global revenue.

Only 18% of security, IT, and compliance professionals are not concerned about AI-related compliance risk.

59% of organizations say AI makes it more difficult to comply with privacy and security regulations.

27% of respondents from CNI organisations said complying with regulations is the biggest security challenge in 2026.

Financial institutions using manual TPRM processes are 71% more likely to receive exam findings.

Currently, 27% of senior corporate security leaders say data privacy and compliance is largely run with agentic AI; this rises to 48% in two years.

13% of the most mature TPRM programs view TPRM as little more than a compliance formality.

67% of organizations with no TPRM processes view TPRM as little more than a compliance formality.

13% of the workforce maintains standing access to regulated PII, financial, and health records.

10% of financial institutions still rely on spreadsheets, down from 13% in 2025.

41.2% of security teams cite insufficient auditability as a barrier to automation

58% of organizations that experienced a breach anticipate spending more time on IT risk management and compliance in 2026.

84% of organizations doubt they can pass a compliance audit focused on agent behavior or access controls.

35% of security professionals identify security and compliance concerns as obstacles to scaling AI and automation.

Security teams rate AI as highly effective for threat detection (61%), identity and access monitoring (56%), and compliance and policy writing (55%).

35% of respondents cite interpreting and operationalizing complex regulatory requirements as their biggest challenge.

76% of leaders rated compliance pressures around data sovereignty as extremely or moderately important.

26% of Defense Industrial Base members reported spending between $100,000 and $250,000 on Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification preparation as of November 2025.

31% of Defense Industrial Base members reported spending more than $250,000 on Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification preparation as of November 2025.