Shadow IT

Shadow AI: The New Shadow IT For years, organizations have struggled with shadow IT—unapproved systems, tools, or cloud services deployed outside normal governance. In 2025, that problem quietly evolved into something far more complex and far more dangerous: Shadow AI. Employees are now spinning up unapproved AI agents, connecting them to sensitive data, granting them excessive permissions, or even embedding them into workflows without the organization’s knowledge. And because AI is both powerful and opaque, many of these risks remain invisible until something goes wrong. ...