76% of enterprises just halted AI projects. Your board thinks you're deploying.

76% of organizations stopped, restricted, or rolled back AI projects in the last year.

Not because the models failed.

Because security couldn't keep up.

Aikido Security surveyed enterprises and found the number jumps to 98% for teams shipping code daily.

The math is brutal.

Three-quarters of companies deploy production changes weekly.
Only two-in-ten validate security at that rate.

Seven-in-ten had an AI-related security issue that was harder to detect, investigate, or remediate.

For daily shippers, it's 86%.

Meanwhile, OneTrust and ISMG published their "Securing the GenAI Era" report today.

63% of organizations run GenAI in production.
Only 15% have fully operationalized governance.
Only 29% have tested an AI-specific incident response plan.
65% have incomplete visibility into where their AI systems actually operate.

And 59% are now deploying autonomous AI agents.

The gap between deployment and control just became the single largest risk surface in enterprise IT.

Your CISO isn't building defenses fast enough.
Your governance framework was designed for chatbots, not agents.
Your incident response plan has never been tested against an AI-specific attack.

Audit your AI deployment inventory today.
If you can't answer where every AI system runs and what data it touches, you're already exposed.

SOURCE: https://www.itpro.com/security/three-quarters-of-firms-have-halted-ai-projects-over-safety-and-security-concerns-and-cyber-pros-think-things-will-deteriorate-as-models-like-claude-mythos-improve
VERIFIED: IT Pro (June 24, 2026), Aikido Security survey, CybaVerse survey, OneTrust/ISMG "Securing the GenAI Era" report (June 24, 2026)
SIGNAL: The gap between AI deployment speed and security validation has become the largest enterprise risk surface. Three-quarters of firms have already been forced to halt projects.