The Rise and Risks of Shadow AI

 

Shadow AI, the internal
use of AI tools and services without the enterprise oversight teams expressly
knowing about it (ex. IT, legal,
cybersecurity, compliance, and privacy teams, just to name a few), is becoming a problem!

Workers are flocking to use 3rd party AI services
(ex. websites like ChatGPT) but also there are often savvy technologists who
are importing models and building internal AI systems (it really is not that
difficult) without telling the enterprise ops teams. Both situations are
increasing and many organizations are blind to the risks.

According to a recent Cyberhaven
report
:

  • AI is Accelerating:  Corporate data
    input into AI tools surged by 485%
  • Increased Data Risks:  Sensitive data
    submission jumped 156%, led by customer support data
  • Threats are Hidden:  Majority of AI use
    on personal accounts lacks enterprise safeguards[…]
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