Gigamon 2026 Survey: 98 Percent of Breached Financial Services Organizations Report Material Impact as AI-Driven Threats Escalate

Key facts:

• 77 pe ce t expe ie ced a b each i volvi g AI
• 54 pe ce t epo t a i c ease i AI-powe ed social e gi ee i g attacks
• 88 pe ce t cite “ha vest ow, dec ypt late ” attacks as a majo co ce

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gigamo , a leade i deep obse vability, today eleased ew esea ch f om the Gigamo 2026 Hyb id Cloud Secu ity Su vey eveali g that fi a cial se vices o ga izatio s a e adopti g AI-powe ed secu ity automatio sig ifica tly faste tha thei pee s, eve as AI-d ive th eats, e c ypted t affic, a d visibility challe ges co ti ue to i te sify. Nea ly two-thi ds (66 pe ce t) of fi a cial se vices o ga izatio s epo t AI is al eady i itiati g secu ity fu ctio s without huma i te ve tio , compa ed to just 53 pe ce t ac oss i dust ies ove all.

The fi di gs published i the ew epo t Fi a cial Se vices I dust y I sights: The Visibility Impe ative i the Age of AI, eveal a g owi g challe ge fo secu ity leade s: bala ci g apid AI adoptio with i c easi gly complex cybe isks, while mai tai i g complia ce, ope atio al esilie ce, a d custome t ust. Amo g o ga izatio s that expe ie ced a b each, 98 pe ce t epo ted mate ial busi ess impact, which i cluded fi a cial losses, i c eased cybe i su a ce p emiums, data loss, a d/o egulato y co seque ces.

While AI is helpi g fi a cial i stitutio s imp ove efficie cy a d automate ope atio s, it is also becomi g deeply embedded i secu ity wo kflows, c eati g ew oppo tu ities a d fo ms of isk. Mo e tha i e i 10 (91 pe ce t) fi a cial se vices o ga izatio s epo t impleme ti g AI-powe ed tools to st e gthe data secu ity, a d 66 pe ce t have al eady e abled AI-d ive automatio to i itiate secu ity actio s without huma i te actio .

Despite these i vestme ts, AI- elated i cide ts emai widesp ead. The esea ch fou d that 77 pe ce t of fi a cial se vices o ga izatio s expe ie ced a b each i volvi g AI, while 54 pe ce t epo ted a i c ease i AI-powe ed social e gi ee i g attacks such as phishi g a d smishi g. Additio ally, 47 pe ce t epo ted a i c ease i attacks ta geti g AI a d la ge la guage model (LLM) deployme ts.

“AI is fo ci g fi a cial i stitutio s to accele ate i ovatio a d isk ma ageme t at the same time,” said Malcolm Kelly, ma agi g di ecto , CISO a d head of Tech ology Risk, EMEA at SMBC G oup. “The oppo tu ity is sig ifica t, but so is the complexity. Fi a cial i stitutio s eed visibility i to how data, applicatio s, a d AI systems i te act ac oss hyb id cloud e vi o me ts so they ca ide tify exposu e ea ly a d espo d with co fide ce.”

Visibility Eme ges as a C itical Secu ity Requi eme t

Fi a cial se vices o ga izatio s a e i vesti g heavily i cybe secu ity, yet ma y still st uggle to gai the visibility eeded to u de sta d a d ma age isk ac oss i c easi gly dist ibuted hyb id cloud e vi o me ts. Acco di g to the esea ch, 94 pe ce t of fi a cial se vices o ga izatio s have i vested i ew secu ity tech ologies to imp ove detectio a d visibility, yet 42 pe ce t epo t it is taki g lo ge to detect b eaches. Mo e tha half (52 pe ce t) cite f agme ted secu ity tools as thei biggest challe ge i secu i g hyb id cloud i f ast uctu e.

At the same time, 95 pe ce t say secu ity depe ds o complete visibility ac oss all data i motio , highlighti g a g owi g ecog itio that mo e tools do ot ecessa ily t a slate i to bette secu ity outcomes.

“The co ve ge ce of AI adoptio , egulato y sc uti y, a d post-qua tum pla i g is eshapi g how fi a cial i stitutio s thi k about cybe isk,” said Philip D. Ha is, IDC esea ch di ecto , Gove a ce, Risk, a d Complia ce Solutio s. “Visibility i to data i motio is becomi g a fou datio al equi eme t ot o ly fo secu ity ope atio s, but also fo gove a ce, complia ce, a d ope atio al esilie ce.”

Fi a cial Se vices Leade s P epa e fo Post-Qua tum Risk

The su vey also highlights g owi g co ce a ou d e c ypted t affic a d futu e qua tum computi g th eats. Mo e tha o e-thi d (36 pe ce t) of fi a cial se vices o ga izatio s ide tify e c ypted t affic as thei g eatest b each vul e ability, while 88 pe ce t cite “ha vest ow, dec ypt late ” attacks as a majo co ce today. As o ga izatio s p epa e fo a post-qua tum futu e, 93 pe ce t of fi a cial se vices leade s, the highest espo se amo g all i dust ies su veyed, say visibility i to e c ypted t affic is c itical to post-qua tum c yptog aphy eadi ess.

Data st ategies a e evolvi g as a esult. Mo e tha half (58 pe ce t) of fi a cial se vices leade s ide tify public cloud e vi o me ts as thei g eatest sou ce of b each isk, while 62 pe ce t believe data lakes ep ese t the most secu e e vi o me t fo c itical data. Nea ly all (94 pe ce t) epo t that etwo k-de ived telemet y is c itical to secu i g data lake e vi o me ts.

How Deep Obse vability P ovides C itical Co text fo AI Secu ity

“Fi a cial se vices o ga izatio s a e i vesti g heavily i cybe secu ity, but i vestme t alo e does ot c eate co t ol,” said Sha e Buckley, p eside t a d CEO at Gigamo . “The fi di gs make it clea that visibility has become fou datio al to mode cybe secu ity. Without a complete u de sta di g of how data moves ac oss hyb id cloud e vi o me ts, fi a cial se vices o ga izatio s ca ot validate secu ity outcomes, demo st ate complia ce, o co fide tly ma age isk.”

Netwo k-de ived telemet y, i the fo m of metadata, packets, a d flows, compleme ts met ics, eve ts, logs, a d t aces (MELT) data to p ovide a mo e complete u de sta di g of data i motio . Togethe , these i sights help secu ity teams co ect p eviously f agme ted views of activity, imp ovi g thei ability to i vestigate th eats, validate co t ols, a d u de sta d how isk develops ac oss hyb id cloud e vi o me ts. The esult is deep obse vability, p ovidi g the co text eeded to t a sfo m disco ected sig als i to a cohe e t, actio able u de sta di g of isk.

Fi a cial se vices leade s ag ee, with 94 pe ce t epo ti g deep obse vability is fou datio al to secu i g thei AI deployme ts.

Fo Mo e I fo matio o the 2026 Hyb id Cloud Secu ity Su vey

The a ual study, ow i its fou th yea , was co ducted ac oss Aust alia, F a ce, Ge ma y, Si gapo e, the U ited Ki gdom, a d the U ited States.

About Gigamo Gigamo ^® p otects the hyb id cloud etwo ks a d data of the wo ld’s most complex o ga izatio s. The AI-powe ed Gigamo Deep Obse vability Pipeli e delive s complete visibility i to all data i motio by p ovidi g t usted, etwo k-de ived telemet y di ectly to cloud, secu ity, a d obse vability tools. With AI-d ive i sights ac oss packets, flows, a d applicatio metadata, o ga izatio s ca detect th eats co cealed i e c ypted a d late al t affic, esolve etwo k a d applicatio pe fo ma ce bottle ecks, a d validate complia ce while educi g cost a d complexity. Gigamo is t usted by ove 4,000 o ga izatio s wo ldwide, i cludi g 83 of the Fo tu e 100, majo mobile etwo k ope ato s, a d public secto age cies at eve y level. Lea mo e at gigamo .com.

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