Shadow IT surge threatens corporate data: report

Dive Brief:

  • The volume of corporate data placed into artificial intelligence tools by workers skyrocketed 485% from March 2023 to March 2024, exposing businesses to heightened risks, according to a report released Tuesday by cybersecurity company Cyberhaven.
  • Workers are putting company data into personal “shadow AI” accounts that, unlike enterprise versions, potentially expose whatever is shared with them to the public, according to the research.
  • “AI usage at work is increasing at an exponential rate and so is the amount of corporate data pasted or uploaded to AI tools,” the report said.

 

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