Report by Lookout
Solving for the Mobile AI Blind Spot: Executive Confidence Meets Technical Reality
Key Findings
68% of enterprises have zero technical visibility into autonomous AI agent workflows that inherit user identity and single sign-on tokens.
Emerging global statutory fines reach up to €35 million or 7% of an enterprise's total global annual turnover.
93% of security executives voice absolute confidence in their AI governance.
52% of all generative AI usage occurs on mobile endpoints.
72% of organizations are structurally incapable of auditing embedded AI Software Development Kits (SDKs) hidden inside everyday mobile applications.
84% of IT leaders actively stall business-led AI initiatives.
97% of leaders agree that AI governance is mission-critical.
63% of organizations have investigated severe data leaks within the past 12 months where generative AI tools were a definitive contributing factor.
Organizations allocate an average of 19% of their 2026 security budgets to AI compliance.
59% of mobile AI traffic is hidden from traditional network-discovery tools, routing directly between local apps and external clouds without ever crossing a corporate gateway.
78% of security leaders cannot generate the audit-ready evidence required by emerging frameworks like the EU AI Act.