Thales-Data-Threat-Report-2026.md

The 2026 Thales Data Threat Report summarizes a global survey of 3,120 security and IT professionals, highlighting rising AI security budgets, AI-driven attack vectors (misinformation and deepfakes), cloud data exposure, tool sprawl, gaps in encryption and data governance, and growing concern about future quantum risks; it recommends consistent data identification and controls, proactive collaboration, sovereignty planning, and simplified, extensible security tooling to mitigate these systemic risks.