Discover how the most forward-looking organizations are designing oversight for the era of machine-scale decisions.
AI is moving faster than the systems built to govern it. Governance teams face a pivotal moment: transform processes or fall behind in a world where decisions happen at machine speed.
The OneTrust 2026 Predictions Report pairs new survey data from governance leaders with expert insights from privacy, risk, and technology professionals. It delivers actionable foresight into how AI will reshape accountability, collaboration, and control.
Why it matters?
These trends point to a shift in how organizations operate: governance moves from a back-office task to a core system that keeps innovation aligned, accountable, and on track.
90%
of advanced adopters say AI revealed the limits of siloed and manual governance.
70%
of technology leaders admit their governance efforts cannot keep pace with AI initiatives.
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What's inside
Explore five bold predictions that define the future governance model:
- How AI’s disruption is mirroring the early internet and forcing legal evolution.
- Why everyday automations are now enterprise risk, not just futuristic scenarios.
- The rise of AI agents and how governance must orchestrate real-time decision-flows.
- How accountability is shifting downstream from developers to deployers.
- Governance will become embedded infrastructure — not a post-hoc checkpoint.