Enterprises Face Data Risks From Misclassification

Ronan Murphy, chief data strategy officer at Forcepoint, warned at the RSAC 2026 conference that roughly 30% of enterprise data classifications are incorrect and are flowing into AI pipelines. He said misclassified records can allow LLMs and agentic AI to expose trade secrets or regulated content. Organizations must prioritize data discovery, accurate classification and governance before granting agents broad access.
Key Points
- 1Identify 30% misclassified enterprise data leaking into AI pipelines, per Forcepoint's Ronan Murphy
- 2Highlight severe security exposure as agents and LLMs can exfiltrate secrets via misclassified records
- 3Prioritize data discovery, accurate classification, and governance before granting agent access at scale
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