Every year, the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report serves as a ground-truth benchmark for the industry. Its value comes not just from the headline numbers but from the convergence signals: when multiple independent data sources point to the same structural shift in how attackers operate, that convergence is worth paying attention to.
This year, as a contributor to the Verizon 2026 DBIR, the Keep Aware team had early visibility into that convergence.
This post breaks down the specific areas where the 2026 DBIR data and Keep Aware's own browser telemetry align — and where browser-layer data reveals what network and endpoint tools miss entirely.
Shadow AI Has Become a Mainstream Enterprise Risk
Shadow AI was identified in the Verizon DBIR as the third most common non-malicious insider action observed in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) datasets, representing a fourfold increase from the previous year.
