1、Data security in the agentic age:AI is the new insider threat2026 EDITION#2026DataThreatReportDATA THREAT REPORTSource:2026 Data Threat Report custom survey from S&P Global Market Intelligence 451 Research,commissioned by Thales.Conducted byTable of ContentsIntroduction 03Key findings 04Security pre

2、ssures expand with AI and agentic operations 08The data threat landscape 10Complexity impacts security effectiveness 12Cloud data is under attack 14Quantum risk realities 18Sovereignty in an agentic world 20Data security for application development 22Conclusion 23Methodology 25IntroductionData secur

3、ity has taken center stage as the success of enterprise AI initiatives increasingly hinges on consistent,controlled access to proprietary organizational data sources.The 2026 Thales Data Threat Report examines the complex calculus that organizations must undertake to enable innovation while securing

4、 their most valuable asset their data.The proliferation of AI and agentic operations is compounding stress on data management and security,as reflected in a 50%year-over-year increase in the proportion of respondents allocating new security budgets specifically for AI.Organizations are struggling wi

5、th data quality and security as they work to safely deliver access to the raw material from which AI value is built.As agentic applications gain access to greater volumes of data,organizations must improve data security and management practices to ensure that AI does not become a new insider threat.

6、Organizations face pressure to accelerate their operations,but these efforts are challenged by complexity in security operations exacerbated by sprawling security toolsets and increasingly complex hybrid and multicloud IT infrastructure.AI is forcing the integration of new elements,such as chat inte