SHARED INTEL Q&A: Why Data Bill of Materials (DBOM) is surfacing as a crucial tool to secure AI

**Executive summary:** This interview with Bedrock Security CEO Bruno Kurtic argues that by 2025 many enterprises lost track of the data feeding their AI systems, creating persistent privacy, compliance, and accountability risks; it advocates for a Data Bill of Materials (DBOM), real-time data-layer visibility, and operationalized governance to control data pathways and mitigate harms from autonomous agents.