Silicon Republic July 30, 2025
IBM’s latest Cost of a Data Breach report finds that AI is already an easy and high-value target.
A new IBM report finds that artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is “greatly” outpacing AI security and governance.
The company has been issuing its annual Cost of a Data Breach report for two decades now. The latest report is the first to study breaches in relation to security, governance and access controls for AI. According to its findings, AI is already an easy and high-value target.
The latest report, conducted by Ponemon Institute and analysed by IBM, analyses data breaches experienced by 600 global organisations between March 2024 and February 2025.
It finds that organisations are increasingly bypassing security and governance for AI...







