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Shadow AI

Unapproved AI usage on employee devices: why the existing stack cannot see it and how to build an honest inventory.

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What is shadow AI? Definition, risks, examples and detection

Every company knew shadow IT. Shadow AI is faster, quieter and lives inside tools that were approved long ago. A primer with definition, examples and a comparison of the discovery methods.

Shadow AI · Sep 7, 2026 · 8 min · Read →

Why your firewall, proxy and CASB miss AI tools running on laptops

The question comes up in almost every first call: we have a firewall, a proxy and a CASB, so why can't we see the AI usage? The answer lies in four blind spots all three controls share.

Shadow AI · Sep 7, 2026 · 6 min · Read →

CoSnitch (CVE-2026-24301): One Click, and Copilot Reads Your Gmail and Drive

A single crafted link was enough to drain data from connected Gmail, Drive and calendar accounts. With no visible confirmation. The flaw is patched. The underlying problem for companies is not.

Shadow AI · Aug 24, 2026 · 7 min · Read →

Your security stack can't see Shadow AI

Your CASB sees the SaaS. Your DLP sees encrypted bytes. Your firewall sees a destination. None of them see Shadow AI: prompts pasted into ChatGPT, coding agents calling internal Jira, browser extensions reading confidential docs. Here is why the stack is blind, and what fixes it.

Shadow AI · May 6, 2026 · 9 min · Read →

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