Cybersecurity statistics / Data Governance

46% of middle market companies have data governance policies for AI.

Publisher	RSM
Report	US Middle Market Business Index Special Report: Cybersecurity 2026
Published	13 May 2026
Topics	Data Governance, AI, Middle Market, US

Published by RSM in US Middle Market Business Index Special Report: Cybersecurity 2026, 13 May 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

View the original report

Compare this across sources

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%.

See all 12 sources

Related statistics

86% of enterprises have AI data privacy mandates.

Perforce Software, 25/07/2026

84% of enterprises allow compliance exceptions to data masking mandates.

Perforce Software, 25/07/2026

45.3% of IT and business leaders identify maintaining consistent security policies across cloud providers as their top concern.

EMA™, 04/07/2026

Responsibility for AI-related data risk is divided across organizations: IT 30.2%, security teams 29.8%, chief data officers 20%, and governance committees 18.7%.

EMA™, 04/07/2026

66% of IT leaders report uncertainty around data lineage, timeliness, and quality

Confluent, 20/06/2026

33% of organizations say internal audits and compliance reviews trigger action on data sovereignty.

Veeam, 20/06/2026

Get the newsletter

Weekly cybersecurity statistics by email.