Sanctioned AI Programs That Reduce Shadow Adoption
Approved AI tools cut shadow adoption while giving IT the visibility bans never achieve.
Marcus Osei-Bonsu
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8 stories in Shadow AI.
Approved AI tools cut shadow adoption while giving IT the visibility bans never achieve.
Employees use unauthorized AI faster than IT can govern it safely.
Different measurement methods reveal vastly different shadow AI prevalence numbers.
AI extensions request dangerous permissions at three times the typical rate.
Well-meaning employees pasting data into AI tools create breaches that DLP never sees.
Unlike shadow IT, unsanctioned agents act before security can see them.
Uncoordinated finance AI agents multiply credential, data, and audit risks.
Unapproved AI tools and agents leak data differently than shadow IT did.