⚠️ 90% of organizations claim visibility into their AI footprint. 59% have confirmed shadow AI already running inside it. That gap is where the risk compounds quietly, until it doesn't.
Shadow AI is up 4x in one year. Employees are feeding sensitive data into unapproved tools outside any governance framework, often because no approved alternative exists. And banning it doesn't work: research shows nearly half of employees would continue using personal AI accounts even after an organizational ban.
Organizations getting ahead of this are building the infrastructure to see what's happening and govern it before it becomes a liability.
"If you cannot trace it, you lack control."
🗨️ Who owns this? The employee reaching for the tool or the organization that left the gap?
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