Employees are adopting AI widely for tasks like drafting emails, analyzing data, and automating workflows, creating both productivity gains and security exposure. A blanket company policy is insufficient; practical principles and technical controls are required to enable safe innovation. Security teams must implement continuous, real-time AI discovery to detect stand-alone tools, embedded AI features, and custom agents. Risk evaluation should be contextual, considering vendor reputation, data training usage and configurability, breach history, compliance posture (SOC 2, GDPR, ISO), and system integrations. Prioritize data protection controls and platform capabilities that prevent gaps attackers can exploit while allowing responsible AI use.
Employees are experimenting with AI at record speed. They are drafting emails, analyzing data, and transforming the workplace. The problem is not the pace of AI adoption, but the lack of control and safeguards in place. For CISOs and security leaders like you, the challenge is clear: you don't want to slow AI adoption down, but you must make it safe. A policy sent company-wide will not cut it.
The oldest security truth still applies: you cannot protect what you cannot see. Shadow IT was a headache on its own, but shadow AI is even slipperier. It is not just ChatGPT, it's also the embedded AI features that exist in many SaaS apps and any new AI agents that your employees might be creating. The golden rule: turn on the lights. You need real-time visibility into AI usage, both stand-alone and embedded. AI discovery should be continuous and not a one-time event.
Not all AI usage carries the same level of risk. An AI grammar checker used inside a text editor doesn't carry the same risk as an AI tool that connects directly to your CRM. Wing enriches each discovery with meaningful context so you can get contextual awareness, including: Who the vendor is and their reputation in the market If your data being used for AI training and if it's configurable Whether the app or vendor has a history of breaches or security issues
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