Delinea: 99.6% of Australian Organisations Saw AI Agents Access Unauthorised Data

New Delinea research found that 99.6% of Australian IT leaders reported an AI tool or agent accessing sensitive data beyond its intended scope in the past year. Only 12% can detect a scope violation in real time, and 64% of employees bypassed the required AI approval process.

• 99.6% of Australian organisations reported AI accessing data beyond its intended scope
• Only 12% can detect a scope violation in real time, below the 19% global average
• 64% of employees bypassed the required approval process for using AI
• Just 42% of IT leaders can trace sensitive AI access to a named human authoriser