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url: "https://www.idc.com"
source_title: "Research: Conventional Cybersecurity Won't Protect Your AI"
source_url: "https://hbr.org/2026/01/ts-research-conventional-cybersecurity-wont-protect-your-ai"
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sourceTitle: "Research: Conventional Cybersecurity Won’t Protect Your AI"
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# IDC

**Role in the source:** research partner. IDC joined [[entity-canonical|Canonical]] and [[entity-google-d2|Google]] to conduct the global survey of 500 executives on AI security.

**Enrichment grounding.** IDC (International Data Corporation) is a global market-research and advisory firm that frequently partners on IT/AI surveys. Official site: `https://www.idc.com`.