๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐: ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐
๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง: People bypass organizational systems not out of malice but to do their jobs better and faster. This eagerness to innovate often highlights inefficiencies in existing systems, but it also creates governance blind spots. (๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐โ๐ก ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ โ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ผ๐, ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐)
๐๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ค๐-๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ. Now that history is repeating itself with shadow AI.
๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐, ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. Recent studies suggest that over 50% of organizations now use AI in at least one function, and adoption rates continue to grow rapidly. Yet, governance is lagging nearly 45% of enterprises still lack formal policies governing the use of AI. There are companyโs out there that can help, one being SilkFlo, yet there are others too.
Now Shadow AI, like shadow IT before it, comes with risks, and is (โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ค๐๐๐)
โข ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ | Sensitive information could inadvertently be exposed to public AI models.
โข ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฌ | Using unregulated tools may lead to legal risks.
โข ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ | Unsanctioned usage widens the organization to a massive array of threats.
What Have We Learned from Shadow IT?
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก: when governance fails to keep pace with innovation, employees will find workarounds. Organizations that succeeded during this period leaned into this behavior, treating it as a signal to adapt systems and policies.
โ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ. ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฒ.โ
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