Announcement ·
Barracuda secures AI deployment for SMEs and MSPs
Original title, in Spanish: “Barracuda asegura el despliegue de la IA para pymes y MSP”
- Publication
- IT User (Spain)
- Author
- Unsigned
- Published on
- 25 September 2026 · read in the page metadata · updated on 25 September 2026
Summary
According to Barracuda Research, nearly half of IT leaders believe their teams lack the skills to securely manage the AI already in use in their companies. The company also cites the IBM "Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026", which found that 68% of organisations hit by a data breach had no AI governance policy or Shadow AI detection. In response to this risk, often tied to a lack of budget, Barracuda Networks will launch AI Data Security in October, aimed at managed service providers and companies with limited resources. Built on the Barracuda IQ engine, the solution protects the use of more than 1,300 generative AI tools, including Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, by blocking leaks of confidential data and certain AI-specific attacks.
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50 %
share of IT leaders who believe their teams lack the skills to manage AI securely
senior IT executives, according to Barracuda Research
« cerca de la mitad de los altos directivos de TI cree que sus equipos no tienen las habilidades necesarias para gestionar de forma segura la IA que ya se está utilizando en sus empresas »
Source: Barracuda Research
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68 %
share of organisations hit by a data breach that had no AI governance policy
organisations that suffered a data breach
« el 68% de las organizaciones que sufrieron una filtración de datos no tenía políticas para gestionar la IA o detectar el Shadow AI »
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026
Classification
- Country
- Worldwide scope
- Company size
- SMEs
- Industries
- Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms · All industries, or industry not specified
- Companies
- Barracuda Networks (supplier), IBM (study author)
- Keywords
- shadow ai, data security, generative ai, smes, msp
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to IT User. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.