Sprinto, a leading autonomous trust platform, has released its CISO Pulse Check Report, revealing that AI risk has moved from theoretical to tangible for many organizations. The survey, conducted among U.S. chief information security officers (CISOs) and senior security leaders in technology, financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing, indicates that over 30% of organizations experienced a major AI-related security incident in the past 12 months. Common scenarios include shadow AI usage, data exposure, and API misuse.
Key Findings of the Report
While security leaders are proactively preparing, nearly 70% say they are actively following AI-related regulations or standards, yet execution gaps remain significant. More than half of CISOs have begun tracking AI as a dedicated risk category, but policy enforcement remains inconsistent. Relatively few organizations have preventive controls in place to reduce the likelihood of sensitive information being shared with publicly available AI platforms.
Budget Shifts Toward AI Risk Mitigation
Looking ahead, CISOs indicate that 2026 budgets are shifting toward AI risk mitigation. Priorities include stronger technical guardrails, repeatable risk assessments, employee enablement, and increased automation to keep pace with rapidly evolving AI adoption and associated threats.
“Our research shows CISOs are aligned on the urgency of AI risk, but the immediate next step is operationalizing AI governance by making compliance enforceable, scalable, and audit-ready,” said Girish Redekar, Co-founder and CEO of Sprinto.
About Sprinto
Sprinto is the world’s first Autonomous Trust Platform, detecting change across your posture, determining what’s at risk, and acting across compliance, vendor risk, AI governance, and more. Trusted by 3,000+ companies across 75 countries, including Emergent, CodeRabbit, Anaconda, and Whatfix, the platform supports 200+ global standards, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and ISO 42001, for AI governance across 300+ integrations.
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