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The Security Debt Crisis

Enterprise White Paper

AI assisted software development represents the fourth major inflection point in enterprise technology production. Unlike prior shifts (cloud, open source, DevOps), this one introduces a compounding security liability that existing controls cannot contain. Organizations are accumulating Security Debt faster than they can remediate it, creating material exposure under SEC disclosure rules, EU AI Act enforcement, and fiduciary duty standards.

15 min read10 pages0.2 MBPublished January 2026
By
Kevin Kissi
Kevin Kissi
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Key Takeaways

1AI assisted development is the fourth major inflection point in enterprise technology; it introduces compounding security liability existing controls cannot contain.
245% of AI assisted tasks introduce critical flaws; 10,000+ new security findings per month; 80% of developers bypass security policies.
3Organizations accumulate Security Debt faster than they can remediate, creating material exposure under SEC disclosure rules, EU AI Act, and fiduciary standards.
4Security leadership must treat AI code security as a governance priority with board visibility, premerge enforcement, and regulatory posture management.
5The response requires a shift from postmerge detection to premerge enforcement to contain AI code risk.

Executive Summary

AI assisted software development represents the fourth major inflection point in enterprise technology production. Unlike prior shifts (cloud, open source, DevOps), this one introduces a compounding security liability that existing controls cannot contain. Organizations are accumulating Security Debt faster than they can remediate it, creating material exposure under SEC disclosure rules, EU AI Act enforcement, and fiduciary duty standards.

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