Risky Shadow AI Use Remains Widespread
Cybersecurity Dive, Tuesday, January 6th, 2026
A new report offers fresh evidence for why enterprises should prioritize AI governance policies.
Dive Brief:
Companies' scattershot adoption of AI constitutes a major security risk, according to a report the security firm Netskope published on Tuesday.
Many employees continue using AI tools through personal accounts that lack the proper security guardrails and fall outside the purview of their organizations' IT teams, creating opportunities for hackers to manipulate those tools and breach corporate networks.
"This combination of novel AI-driven threats and legacy security concerns defines the evolving threat landscape for 2026," Netskope said in its report.