Why employees, not threat actors, are 2026’s biggest risk
With all the buzz around nation-state threats, it’s easy for organizations to focus on threats outside the business – and forget about risks that can spiral outwards from within.
Whilst GenAI tools have introduced undeniable efficiencies for employees, these platforms have also introduced a new class of risk: two in three UK organizations admit they can’t track whether employees are sharing data via approved tools.
Most of the time, employees aren’t sharing sensitive data because they have malicious intentions. They are uploading sensitive information – like contracts, client proposals or supplier agreements to models like ChatGPT and Claude to save time on routine tasks.
Steve Bradford is SailPoint's Senior Vice President, EMEA.
Almost all (93%) of CEOs across the globe have adopted generative AI to some extent in the past 12 months (PwC). What’s concerning is that much of this activity is happening without any oversight, in the browser...
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