C-Suite’s AI rush leaves organisations vulnerable to security breaches

As organisations race to adopt artificial intelligence, a new report from Tenable reveals that many are doing so at the expense of security. The State of Cloud and AI Security 2025 report highlights a growing disconnect between innovation and risk management, showing that outdated assumptions and reactive metrics are leaving organisations more vulnerable than ever.

Surveying over 1,000 IT and security professionals globally, including in India, the report finds that 34% of organisations have already suffered AI-related breaches. Yet leadership remains focused on rearview KPIs, such as incident frequency and severity, which only reflect problems after they occur. While companies reported an average of 2.17 cloud-related breaches in the last 18 months, only 8% classified any as “severe,” suggesting that critical risks are being minimised. Root causes such as misconfigured cloud services (33%) and excessive permissions (31%) are largely preventable, underscoring the shortcomings of reactive strategies.

The rapid ...