The Rise in Unstructured Data and AI Security Risks

Semi-structured data accounts for approximately 21% of enterprise data.

Of organizations that use 11 or more tools to manage unstructured data, 12% rely on at least 21 tools.

75% of organizations express confidence in their ability to secure unstructured data.

29% of organizations state that unstructured data accounts for more than half of their annual data growth.

47% of organizations view AI as a top future threat to unstructured data, and 40% view AI as a core security capability for unstructured data.

10% of organizations are unsure of their actual unstructured data protection coverage.

9% of organizations have real-time scanning capabilities for unstructured data, while 23% cannot scan unstructured data at all.

Unstructured data accounts for between 70% and 90% of enterprise data.

Organizations list security (74%), governance (57%), privacy (54%), and compliance (50%) as top concerns when it comes to unstructured data security.

Unstructured data accounts for approximately 33% of enterprise data.

68% of organizations report that less than 80% of their unstructured data is protected.

56% of organizations have only partial visibility into where their data is stored.

32% of organizations use 11 or more tools to manage their unstructured data.

Popular tools for managing unstructured data include data encryption (62%), cloud security (60%), application security (59%), and identity and access management (56%).