Gartner: Most Security Leaders Cannot Balance Data Security, Business Goals

Gartner reports that only 14% of security and risk management leaders can both effectively secure organizational data and enable it for business objectives (35% secure data, 21% enable data). The brief highlights this capability gap and recommends five actions: reduce governance friction, align governance efforts, set non‑negotiable security requirements, define GenAI decision guardrails, and work jointly with data and analytics teams to secure top‑down buy‑in.