27% firms bar GenAI over security risks
Data Privacy Benchmark
- Cisco carried out study in 12 countries
- 69% firms said legal and IPRs at stake
- 68% see risk of disclosure of information to the public or competitors
New Delhi: More than one in four organisations surveyed banned the use of Generative AI (GenAI) on account of privacy and data security risks, Cisco said citing findings of a global study. The ‘Cisco 2024 Data Privacy Benchmark Study’ relied on responses from 2,600 privacy and security professionals across 12 geographies including India, Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, the UK and the US.
The study reveals that most organisations are limiting the use of GenAI over data privacy and security issues and that 27 per cent banned its use, at least temporarily. “More than 1 in 4 organisations banned use of GenAI over privacy and data security risks,” according to the study by the US network gear maker Cisco.
The findings underlined the growing privacy concerns with GenAI, trust challenges facing organisations over their use of AI, and the attractive returns from privacy investment. The seventh edition of the benchmark found that privacy is much more than a regulatory compliance matter.
Among the top concerns, businesses cited the threats to an organisation’s legal and Intellectual Property rights (69 per cent), and the risk of disclosure of information to the public or competitors (68 per cent). “Most organisations are aware of these risks and are putting in place controls to limit exposure: 63 per cent have established limitations on what data can be entered, 61 per cent have limits on which GenAI tools can be used by employees,” according to Cisco.
