Shadow AI Emerges In The Enterprise
CIODIVE, Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
Workers are bringing AI tools into businesses at a faster rate than IT's capacity to perform risk assessments, according to a ManageEngine report.
Dive Brief:
Shadow AI is sprawling in the enterprise as workers bring their own AI tools to work, according to ManageEngine data. The company surveyed 350 IT decision makers and 350 professionals in the U.S. and Canada for the Tuesday report.
More than 4 in 5 tech leaders say employee AI tool adoption is outpacing the capacity of IT teams to properly vet the applications for safety, according to the report. Meanwhile, 3 in 5 workers say they're using unsanctioned AI tools more than they were last year.
Nearly two-thirds of decision makers identify data leakage or data exposure as the top risk surrounding shadow AI, according to the report.