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Shadow AI Is Already In Your Organisation. Here's How to Deal With It.
Employees aren't waiting for IT to approve an AI tool. They're already using it. ChatGPT for drafting emails, Claude for summarising documents, some random browser extension that claims to boost productivity. By the time your security team hears about it, the data's already been pasted somewhere you don't control.
Shadow AI Is the Insider Threat Nobody's Watching
Verizon's 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report reveals a fourfold increase in "shadow AI" use, with 67% of employees who regularly use AI at work doing so through unauthorized personal accounts, potentially exposing sensitive corporate data such as source code, documents, and proprietary research to unvetted third-party platforms. The report also highlights worsening vulnerability management, with remediation rates for critical flaws dropping from 38% to 26% and resolution times rising from 32 to 43 days, while ransomware featured in nearly half of all breaches. On a positive note, ransom payments continued to decline, with 69% of victims refusing to pay and the median payment falling slightly to just under $140,000.