AI Governance Insights

AI governance insights for enterprise leaders from Aiven Consulting Group: research on AI policy, risk, compliance, regulation and agent oversight.

Dataiku Surveyed 685 CIOs. 81% Say They've Lost Oversight of Their Own AI Agents. 72% Can't Consistently Prove Those Agents Deliver Results.
Retool Surveyed 307 CTOs, CIOs, and CISOs. 93% Worry About Vibe-Coded Tools in Production. Only 8% Call Their Governance Strong.
The EU Just Pushed Its AI Act Deadline to 2027. Only 29% of Enterprises Have Prepared for It Anyway.
OutSystems Surveyed Nearly 1,900 IT Leaders. 96% Are Already Running AI Agents. 94% Worry They Can't Control What They Built.
AvePoint and Osterman Research Surveyed 750 IT Leaders. 88% Had an AI Agent Security Incident. Most Still Call Themselves Prepared.
Gartner Says Guardian Agents Will Absorb 5 to 7 Percent of Agentic AI Budgets by 2028. Today It's Less Than 1 Percent.
Avalara Surveyed 1,505 CFOs and Finance Leaders. 92% Feel Pressure to Prove AI ROI. Only 7% Put Governance Ahead of Speed.
Smarsh's 2026 AI Trends Study Found 55% of Enterprises Are Deploying AI. Only 26% Say Governance Is Keeping Pace.
Schellman Surveyed 525 AI Leaders. 74% Say They're Audit-Ready. Only 27% Actually Are.
SAP LeanIX Surveyed Enterprises in 2026. 98% Have Deployed AI Agents. Less Than Half Can Say What Those Agents Actually Do.
What Is an AI Agent Kill Switch? Kiteworks Found 60% of Companies Can't Use One When It Matters.
Kore.ai Surveyed 400 IT Leaders. 79% Have Had to Reverse an Action Their AI Agent Took.
Most Companies Govern Every AI Agent the Same Way. That's the Problem.
EY Surveyed 202 Senior AI Executives. 49% Say Their AI Governance Hasn't Caught Up to Their Agents.
IBM Surveyed 2,000 Tech Executives. Two-Thirds Say They're Accountable for AI Agents They Don't Fully Control.
The Standing AI Agenda: Four Questions Every Board Should Ask, Every Meeting
EMA Surveyed 202 Enterprise Security Leaders on AI Agent Access. 94% Are Confident. Only 33% Actually Enforce It.
Colorado's AI Law Collapsed in Six Weeks. Your Compliance Exposure Didn't Go With It.
TrustedTech Surveyed 2,001 Employees. Senior Executives Are More Than Twice as Likely to Use AI Tools Their Own Company Hasn't Approved.
The EU AI Act's High-Risk Rules Are Now Enforceable, and Most US Companies Don't Know They're Already in Scope.
PagerDuty Surveyed 1,250 Office Professionals. 72% Think They Understand AI Better Than Their Own IT Team.
BCG Surveyed 625 CEOs and Board Members. 60% of CEOs Say Their Boards Are Too Impatient on AI.
Caylent Surveyed 200 Enterprise Leaders. Only 36% of Their Autonomous AI Agents Have Guardrails.
Gravitee Surveyed 750 Technology Leaders. Nearly Half Their AI Agents Are Running Unsecured.
Deloitte Surveyed 3,235 Enterprise Leaders. Only 21% Have Mature Governance for Their AI Agents.
Cloud Security Alliance Surveyed 418 Security Leaders. 82% Found AI Agents Nobody Approved.
Grant Thornton Surveyed 950 Executives. 78% Could Not Pass an AI Governance Audit Tomorrow.
The AI Agent Visibility Gap Just Tripled. Most Executives Still Cannot See It.
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