10/27/2026
IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report found that roughly one in five organizations studied had a breach involving shadow AI. High levels of it added an estimated $670,000 to the average cost of a breach.
Shadow AI is any AI tool your team uses for work without IT’s approval. Personal chatbot accounts, browser extensions, meeting note takers that join every call. Most of it isn’t malicious. It’s good employees trying to save time.
Our new blog covers how these leaks actually happen, why a ban tends to backfire, and a 5-step framework for getting visibility and guardrails in place without slowing your team down.
Full blog is in the comments.
If a client asked tomorrow how your business controls AI use, what would you tell them?
