State of Audit and Compliance

91% of security, IT, and compliance professionals must resubmit audit evidence at least sometimes due to miscommunication or shifting auditor expectations.

53% of security, IT, and compliance professionals cite collecting evidence across multiple tools as the most common bottleneck in the audit process.

69% of security, IT, and compliance professionals state that adoption of AI tools in their organization is outpacing existing security and compliance controls.

57% of security, IT, and compliance professionals believe AI-related incidents are most likely to trigger regulatory action or customer fallout in 2026.

Only 18% of security, IT, and compliance professionals are not concerned about AI-related compliance risk.

55% of security, IT, and compliance professionals say AI-related data exposure or misuse is their top breach concern, exceeding concerns about ransomware, IAM failures, or cloud misconfigurations.