Building a Shadow AI Discovery Program

The velocity of new AI tool releases exceeds the capacity of any IT governance process to evaluate them. A new AI capability appears weekly. The evaluation backlog grows. Employees, facing no sanctioned alternative, use the unsanctioned option. The cycle accelerates....

The Acceptable Use Policy That Actually Works

Shadow AI represents the largest unmanaged risk surface in most organizations today. Unlike shadow IT, which involved unauthorized software installations that could be detected through endpoint management, shadow AI operates through web browsers and mobile apps that...

Why IT Cannot Solve Shadow AI Alone

Shadow AI is a symptom, not a cause. It grows in the gap between what employees need and what the organization provides. Treating it as a compliance problem without addressing the underlying demand ensures it will persist regardless of the policies written against it....