Shadow AI a Major Concern for Enterprise IT
- Since ChatGPT's 2022 debut, generative AI's market value exceeded $25 billion by 2024, but shadow AI use risks sensitive data leaks.
- According to a recent Harmonic analysis, 8.5% of employee inputs to generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT and Copilot contained sensitive details, including customer billing data, with the majority of leaks attributed to free-tier apps that lack proper security measures.
- Anna Collard of KnowBe4 Africa warns that careless AI use can expose companies and urges adopting ISO/IEC 42001 for AI management systems.
- Ivanti responded to AI disruption by embedding legal leadership in AI governance and prioritizing role reinvention over layoffs to manage workforce changes.
- These developments highlight the need for organizations to balance AI benefits with data privacy and employee retention through structured policies and oversight.
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Shadow AI Threatens Enterprise Security and Compliance
The rapid integration of artificial intelligence into enterprise environments has brought with it a shadowy underbelly that many IT leaders are only beginning to grapple with. A recent report from Komprise, a data management solutions provider, has unveiled a pervasive concern across enterprise IT: the rise of “shadow AI.” This term refers to the unsanctioned use of AI tools by employees without the oversight or approval of IT departments, creat…
Tech leaders struggling to store AI data, never mind manage it research shows – Blocks and Files
Four fifths of organizations have been burned by employees using Gen AI, with the leaking of sensitive data almost as common as false or inaccurate results, research by Komprise has found. And while companies are racing to manage their data, they are also playing catchup when it comes to storing it and managing it, the […]
Komprise Survey: Shadow AI is a Major Concern Across Enterprise IT - AI-Tech Park
Ninety percent of IT leaders are worried about shadow AI and 13% have experienced financial and customer fallout Komprise, the leader in analytics-driven unstructured data management, announces the results of new industry research: Komprise IT Survey: AI, Data & Enterprise Risk. The survey showed IT organizations are concerned about shadow AI, with nearly half stating that they are “extremely worried” about the security and compliance impact of …
Shadow AI is a Major Concern Across Enterprise IT
Komprise, Inc. announces the results of new industry research: Komprise IT Survey: AI, Data & Enterprise Risk. The survey showed IT organizations are concerned about shadow AI, with nearly half stating that they are ‘extremely worried’ about the security and compliance impact of unauthorized and unsanctioned use of AI tools. Beyond concern, enterprises are seeing […] The post Shadow AI is a Major Concern Across Enterprise IT appeared first on S…


Shadow AI a major concern for enterprise IT
A new report reveals that nearly 80 percent of IT leaders say their organization has experienced negative outcomes from employee use of generative AI, including false or inaccurate results from queries (46 percent) and leaking of sensitive data into AI (44 percent). Notably the survey of 200 US IT directors and executives from Komprise shows that 13 percent say that these poor outcomes have also resulted in financial, customer or reputational da…
How to prevent leaking sensitive company data in generative AI
Beneath the surface of GenAI’s outputs lies a massive, mostly unregulated engine powered by data – your data. And whether it’s through innocent prompts or habitual oversharing, users are feeding these machines with information that, in the wrong hands, becomes a security time bomb. A recent Harmonic report found that 8.5% of employee prompts to generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot included sensitive data – most notably customer billing a…
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