The imperative to prepare for AI-safe data security
The proliferation of AI tools in business is redefining the need for data security and trust. As autonomous, decision-making AI agents move from pilot projects into core business workflows, they are expanding the enterprise attack surface just as fast as they are being adopted.
Gartner predicts that 40% of enterprise applications will feature task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026, a jump from less than 5% in 2025. Gartner’s advice to leaders of software organizations is to set their agentic AI strategy or “risk being outpaced by the competition”.
Security is changing. What was once a “simple” focus on encryption and perimeter defense is no longer enough on its own: the rise of AI-driven risk has transformed it into a multi-dimensional challenge built on algorithmic trust, model integrity, and synthetic data exposure. Trust boundaries are shifting, and most companies aren’t yet equipped to handle it.
EMEA CTO, Hitachi Vantara.
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