Subj : An "AI Exposure Gap" could be the most worrying security issue yo
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Nov 17 2025 10:00:08

An "AI Exposure Gap" could be the most worrying security issue your business 
isn't aware of

Date:
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:50:25 +0000

Description:
Security postures are lacking as enterprises go all-in on AI, and its 
creating an exposure gap

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one in five companies encrypt their AI data, report finds Vulnerabilities 
come from within  not from AI models Half of companies rely on guidance to do 
the bare minimum 

With 89% of organizations now running or piloting AI workloads, research from 
Tenable is warning of an AI exposure gap where security practices might not 
be keeping up with progress. 

To date, one in three (34%) AI adopters have already experienced an 
AI-related breach, but Tenable says these breaches are largely down to the 
companies involved rather than the AI technologies. 

Instead of sophisticated model attacks, vulnerability exploits are most 
common, suggesting Tenables AI exposure gap is already a reality. Security 
practices arent keeping up with AI 

Only 22% of the organizations surveyed said they fully classify and encrypt 
AI data, leaving 78% (or four in five) leaving it accessible in the event of 
an attack. 

Software vulnerabilities (21%) and insider threats (18%) were among the top 
three causes of breaches, but Tenable did also acknowledge that AI models 
flaws (19%) may also pose a risk. 

The real risks come from familiar exposures  identity, misconfigurations, 
vulnerabilities  not science-fiction scenarios, Product and Research VP Liat 
Hayun explained. 

This comes from enterprises scaling AI faster than they can secure it, 
leaving visibility across systems fragmented. As a result, companies tend to 
employ reactive defences to pick up the pieces rather than securing systems 
ahead of an attack. 

And thats exactly how Tenable says enterprises should go about fixing the AI 
exposure gap. 

Currently, around half (51%) rely on the NIST AI Risk Management Framework or 
the EU AI Act to guide their strategies, suggesting they may only be doing 
the bare minimum. 

Only one in four (26%) conduct AI-specific security testing like red-teaming. 

Tenable advises companies to prioritize foundational controls like identity 
governance, misconfiguration monitoring, workload hardening and access 
management, ultimately resulting in compliance being the starting point for a 
strong security posture  not the be all and end all. 

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