Report by Optro

The AI oversight gap: Adoption is scaling. Governance controls aren’t

8 FINDINGSPublished Mar 17, 2026
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Key Findings

82% of organizations report an increase in AI-enabled attacks over the past year.

AI-enabled Attacks

Roughly 80% of organizations describe 'shadow AI' use as moderate to pervasive.

Shadow AI

In the past 12 months, 27% of organizations report AI-related data breaches.

AI-Related Data Breach

In the past 12 months, 40% of organizations report inaccurate outputs from AI.

AI Accuracy

No single function owns more than 25% of AI governance responsibility.

AI Governance

In the past 12 months, 26% of organizations report regulatory actions related to AI.

AI-Related Regulatory Action

85% of organizations have integrated AI into core operations or multiple functions.

AI Adoption

25% of organizations have comprehensive visibility into employee AI use.

AI GovernanceShadow AI