Shadow AI and employee negligence drive rising insider-risk losses across global organizations
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Across 354 global organizations, insider-risk losses tied to shadow AI and employee negligence rose, pushing average losses to $19.5m per business and increasing the risk of data loss and operational strain. The measured trend matters because negligence alone accounted for 53% of losses, making it the dominant cost driver. The dataset also shows 7490 incidents and a 20% rise in losses since 2023.
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24.02.2026 19:00 2 articles · 3mo ago
DTEX reports shadow AI drives insider-risk losses
Initial DisclosureDTEX's Cost of Insider Risks 2026 report, produced with the Ponemon Institute and based on interviews with 8750 IT and security practitioners in 354 global organizations, found that employee negligence driven by shadow AI was the largest insider-risk loss driver for the affected organizations last year, accounting for 53% of the average $19.5m lost per business. The report also said malicious incidents accounted for 27% of losses, insiders related incidents totaled 7490, losses had risen 20% since 2023, and organizations took an average of 67 days to contain an insider incident, down from 86 days.
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- Cost of Insider Incidents Surges 20% to Nearly $20m — www.infosecurity-magazine.com — 24.02.2026 19:00
- Cost of Insider Incidents Surges 20% to Nearly $20m — www.infosecurity-magazine.com — 24.02.2026 19:00