Topic: shadow ai
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40% of Firms Face Shadow AI Security Threats, Gartner Warns
By 2030, over 40% of global enterprises are expected to face security and compliance breaches due to employees using unauthorized AI applications, with nearly 70% of cybersecurity professionals suspecting or confirming such use. Unauthorized AI tools pose significant risks like intellectual prope...
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Shadow AI: New Strategies to Solve an Old Problem
A 1Password study reveals that Shadow AI is the second most common form of shadow IT, with 27% of employees using unapproved AI tools and 37% inconsistently following AI policies, indicating a lack of clear guidelines and enforcement. Organizations are advised to adopt proactive measures, includi...
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AI Security Risks: Even Experts Skip Oversight
Cybersecurity teams are increasing AI security risks by using unapproved tools, with 86% of professionals admitting to unauthorized AI usage, often handling sensitive data. Shadow AI—unauthorized AI tool adoption—poses critical vulnerabilities, with 30% of respondents uploading internal documents...
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1 in 4 UK and US Firms Hit by Data Poisoning Attacks
One in four organizations in the UK and US have experienced data poisoning attacks, where malicious actors corrupt AI training data to disrupt operations or bypass security measures. Unauthorized employee use of generative AI tools, known as "shadow AI," poses risks such as data leaks and complia...
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Secure Your AI Agents Like Human Users
AI agents require the same rigorous identity and access management protocols as human employees to prevent data exposure and security vulnerabilities. Organizations face risks from unmanaged "shadow AI" applications and permission sprawl, necessitating centralized control and micro-level security...
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From Skeptic to Secure: How a CISO Safeguarded $8.8T in 90 Days
Sam Evans, CISO of Clearwater Analytics, tackled shadow AI risks by deploying enterprise browsers like Island, balancing security with productivity while protecting $8.8 trillion in assets. AI-powered security tools improve threat detection, but internal risks like employees pasting sensitive dat...
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Hidden AI Tools You're Probably Missing Out On
Businesses face significant risks from unmanaged AI tools, with 80% of employee-used AI applications going unnoticed by IT and security teams, creating dangerous blind spots. Shadow AI—unauthorized AI tools used without oversight—poses serious threats like data breaches and compliance violations,...
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Marketing's Next Crisis: The AI Oversight Gap
Marketing departments are rapidly adopting AI tools but face significant security risks due to inadequate governance, leading to potential data breaches and financial losses averaging millions of dollars. The use of unsanctioned "shadow AI" in marketing operations introduces vulnerabilities, comp...
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Mastering GenAI: Innovate Without the Risk
Global business leaders are embracing generative AI for its transformative potential and significant returns, with 78% of organizations using AI and achieving an average return of $3.70 per dollar invested. Despite the benefits, there is growing apprehension about AI-driven risks, including data ...
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Cloudflare Balances Data Security with AI Access
Cloudflare One has been enhanced to help businesses securely integrate and manage generative AI tools while maintaining data protection and compliance standards. New features include AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM), offering discovery of AI usage patterns, protection against unapproved AI...
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BeyondTrust Launches AI Identity Security Controls
BeyondTrust has launched new AI identity security controls to help organizations manage and govern AI agents, offering visibility, secure orchestration, and intelligent decision-making support. The platform includes capabilities such as AI agent insights for discovery and risk-scoring, MCP orches...
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AI Agents on Your Team: The Unseen Security Risks
AI agents are evolving into autonomous systems that perform complex tasks like incident resolution and system management, introducing significant security challenges alongside efficiency gains. These autonomous agents differ from traditional tools by reasoning, adapting strategies, and accessing ...
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Mastering GenAI: Innovate Boldly, Manage Risk Wisely
Generative AI is widely adopted by businesses for innovation and efficiency, but its rapid integration introduces significant security risks like data leaks and a lack of specific protocols. High-profile incidents, such as breaches at JedAI and Samsung, demonstrate vulnerabilities including shado...
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Shadow AI: The Hidden Threat to Corporate Security
Cybersecurity leaders are grappling with AI's dual role as both a critical defense tool and a vulnerability, with widespread adoption but insufficient governance and risks from unauthorized "shadow AI" usage. Regulatory compliance pressures are intensifying, with most organizations facing signifi...
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Astrix AI Agents: Secure Compliance Risk Management for Enterprises
Astrix Security has launched the AI Agent Control Plane (ACP) to help enterprises safely deploy and manage AI agents by providing short-lived, scoped credentials and just-in-time access based on least privilege principles. The platform addresses rising agent-related threats, with studies showing ...
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Unlock AI Success: The Hidden Power of Shadow AI
The vast majority of corporate AI initiatives fail to deliver meaningful business gains, with studies showing up to 95% of generative AI pilots not producing revenue growth. AI projects often fail due to poor integration into real workflows and a lack of operational maturity, rather than technolo...
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AI Is Supercharging Phishing Attacks
AI-powered phishing campaigns are becoming highly sophisticated and difficult to distinguish from genuine communications, enabling attackers to execute both widespread and targeted strategies simultaneously. Generative AI serves as a force multiplier for cybercriminals by lowering the skill thres...
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Nightfall's AI 'Nyx' Automates Enterprise Data Loss Prevention
Nightfall AI's Nyx platform uses AI to autonomously detect and prevent data loss with 95% accuracy, addressing challenges like remote work and unauthorized AI tool usage. Traditional DLP systems generate excessive false alarms, but Nightfall’s AI agent mimics human analysts to prioritize real thr...
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RecordPoint Names Brett Hooker as Inaugural Chief Operating Officer
RecordPoint has appointed Brett Hooker as its first Chief Operating Officer to support global expansion and operational scaling amid rising demand for data governance solutions. Hooker brings extensive experience from TechnologyOne and will oversee end-to-end operations, enhancing systems and ali...
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BeyondTrust: Secure AI with Identity Controls & Agent Visibility
BeyondTrust has introduced a suite of AI security controls integrated into its platforms to provide comprehensive oversight and secure orchestration for AI agents. The new features include AI Agent Insights for discovering and risk-scoring agents, MCP Orchestration for secure workflows, and an AI...
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Ethical AI Content Creation: A Practical Guide
Microsoft's AI generated an inappropriate recommendation by listing a food bank as a tourist attraction, highlighting the lack of real-world understanding in automated systems. Experts stress the necessity of a thorough vetting process for AI-generated content, ensuring accuracy, context, and ali...
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Build, Share & Scale AI Agents with Dataiku's Agent Hub
Dataiku launched Agent Hub, a centralized platform enabling organizations to build, share, and scale AI agents while ensuring IT control over security and lifecycle management. The platform addresses challenges like fragmented AI experiments and unauthorized usage by providing a collaborative env...
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F5 Acquires CalypsoAI to Secure Generative AI Systems
F5 is acquiring CalypsoAI for $180 million to enhance its security offerings with specialized capabilities for protecting generative AI systems against emerging threats. The acquisition aims to integrate CalypsoAI's technology into F5's platform, providing real-time threat defense, data security,...
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Nightfall AI: Protect Unstructured Data with LLM-Powered File Classification
Nightfall AI introduces AI File Classifier Detectors that use large language models to identify and secure unstructured intellectual property, which traditional data loss prevention tools often miss. The system comprehends a document's overall meaning, structure, and business context, enabling ac...
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Zscaler Buys SPLX to Secure AI Investments
Zscaler has acquired SPLX to enhance its Zero Trust Exchange platform with advanced AI security capabilities, including asset discovery, automated red teaming, and governance tools. The integration addresses the urgent need to secure the entire AI lifecycle, protecting sensitive data like prompts...
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