Report by EMA™

Leveraging DSPM and Artificial Intelligence to Solve Data Security Challenges

5 FINDINGSPublished Jun 30, 2026
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Key Findings

One-third of IT and business leaders anticipate workload reductions greater than 50% from automated remediation.

AutomationWorkload ReductionOperational EfficiencyAutomated Remediation

64.4% of IT and business leaders identify securing AI data flows as the top reason organizations invest in DSPM solutions, surpassing data exfiltration prevention at 56%.

Data SecurityDSPMAI Data FlowsData Exfitlration Prevention

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

Multi-Cloud SecurityData GovernanceSecurity Policies

More than 85% of IT and business leaders expect automated remediation to reduce workloads.

AutomationOperational EfficiencyData SecurityAutomated Remediation

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%.

AI GovernanceData RiskData Governance