India, Feb. 23 -- Tenable has published itsCloud and AI Security Risk Report 2026, examining security risks linked to cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) adoption. The research indicates that organisations are accumulating AI-related cyber risks more quickly than they can manage them, creating what the company describes as a "zero-margin AI exposure gap".

According to the report, engineering velocity, driven by AI adoption, increased use of third-party code and the scale of cloud environments, has outpaced the ability of security teams to assess, prioritise and remediate risks before they are exploited.

The report characterises the AI exposure gap as a largely unseen layer of risk emerging across applications, infrastructure, identit...