News alert: Heimdal study finds executives are more confident than frontline IT teams on AI risk

Heimdal published a survey of 1,000 UK and US IT professionals showing widespread AI adoption (e.g., ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot) while security controls lag roughly two-to-one; executives report higher confidence in AI risk than frontline practitioners, teams with greater visibility report greater concern about data leakage, and the report recommends treating AI as part of the core IT estate with procurement, contractual, inventory and technical controls. The release cites a January 2026 incident where CISA staff uploaded documents marked “For Official Use Only” to public ChatGPT to illustrate the risk of uncontrolled AI use.