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43% of enterprises have experienced audit failures.

Publisher	Perforce Software
Report	The Third Annual State of Data Compliance and Security Report: 2026 Edition
Published	21 July 2026
Topics	Audit, Compliance Failures, Audit Failure, Enterprise Security

Published by Perforce Software in The Third Annual State of Data Compliance and Security Report: 2026 Edition, 21 July 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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12 sources answer what share of organisations have an ai governance policy in place. They report between 18% and 44%, with a median of 36.5%.

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