Between 87% and 98% of AI workloads across the three major cloud providers lack customer-managed encryption.

Publisher	Orca Security
Report	2026 State of AI Security Report
Published	9 July 2026
Topics	Encryption, AI Workloads

Published by Orca Security in 2026 State of AI Security Report, 9 July 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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