Companies Push AI Use, But Many Skip Training (43%) and Official Policies (26%)
Huntress, Friday, October 2nd, 2026
A Huntress survey finds 43% of knowledge workers got no AI training and 74% could not spot a prompt injection risk.
Huntress surveyed more than 500 U.S. knowledge workers, excluding cybersecurity professionals.
It found 53% have access to a company-managed AI tool and 47% are encouraged or required to use one, yet 43% received no formal AI training and 26% have no AI policy or guidance.
Only 20% are very confident they understand AI security risks, only 29% were trained on AI data security, and 74% could not identify that a public-facing chatbot could be vulnerable to prompt injection.