Cyera Unveils Cyera Research Labs with First-Ever AI Readiness Report on Data Security

Sep 29, 2025

September 29, 2025 – New York, NY – Cyera, the fastest growing data security company, today announced the launch of Cyera Research Labs, the company’s dedicated research arm focused on delivering clear, data-driven guidance at the intersection of AI and data security. The launch comes alongside the release of Cyera’s first flagship study, the 2025 State of AI Data Security Report, conducted in partnership with CyberSecurity Insiders.

Based on a survey of more than 900 IT and security leaders, the report highlights a widening readiness gap: while 83% of enterprises are already using AI, only 13% report strong visibility into how AI interacts with sensitive data.

Key Findings from the 2025 State of AI Data Security Report

  • Autonomous agents drive risk: Three-quarters of respondents (76%) say autonomous AI agents are the hardest to secure; only 9% monitor AI activity in real time.
  • AI as identity remains underdeveloped: Only 16% of organizations treat AI as its own identity class with dedicated policies, while a quarter of respondents (21%) grant broad data access to AI by default.
  • Controls trail incidents: Two-thirds of respondents (66%) have already caught AI over-accessing sensitive data, but only 11% can automatically block risky activity.
  • Governance is immature: Only 7% of respondents have a dedicated AI governance committee, and one in ten (11%) actually feel prepared for emerging regulation.

One survey participant captured the emerging reality when describing how the first alert didn’t come from a SIEM, but from a sales manager who questioned why an AI copilot could “magically” find a sensitive pricing deck. No exploit or zero-day, just default access, missing guardrails, and no monitoring at the prompt layer.

“These findings confirm what we’ve been hearing in the field from CISOs, CDOs, and other security professionals: AI adoption is outpacing governance, visibility, and controls,” said Shiran Bareli, VP of Research at Cyera. “Too often, the discussion centers on the power of AI and the benefits it brings to the organization without equal focus on the data it consumes and exposes. With Cyera Research Labs, we want to bring data to the forefront of these conversations and highlight the pressing challenges security teams are grappling with every day.”

The 2025 State of AI Data Security Report provides the first cross-industry baseline for AI governance, aligned to the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, and covers adoption, visibility, monitoring, controls, access models, and governance readiness. The report also provides takeaways for security and data leaders, highlighting a pragmatic path forward to better implement an AI security program. 

To learn more about Cyera Research Labs and download the 2025 State of AI Data Security Report, visit cyera.com/research-labs. For more on the report from the Cyera Research Labs team, check out the blog post.

About Cyera Labs

At Cyera Research Labs, we focus on the story data tells. Our team of researchers, scientists, and cloud experts analyzes how data is created, accessed, and shared to uncover emerging threats and AI-driven risks. Every insight we publish blends rigorous analysis with practical guidance, empowering organizations to protect and govern their data with confidence.

About Cyera
Cyera is the world’s leading AI-native data security platform, giving organizations a complete view of where their data lives, how it’s used, and how to keep it safe, so they can reduce risk and unlock the full value of their data, wherever it is. Cyera is backed by more than $1.3 billion in funding from top-tier investors including Accel, Coatue, Cyberstarts, Georgian, Lightspeed, and Sequoia. The company’s unified data security platform helps businesses discover, secure, and leverage their most valuable asset - data - and eliminate blind spots, cut alert noise, and protect sensitive information across the cloud, SaaS, databases, AI ecosystems, and on-premise environments. Recent innovations like Cyera’s AI Guardian solution and Omni DLP extend this platform with adaptive, AI-native data loss protection, bringing real-time intelligence and contextual understanding to how data moves and is used across the enterprise.