Shadow AI slipping past governance despite bigger budgets

Menlo Security, a browser security firm, also previously warned that growing shadow AI in the workplace puts organisations at risk of data loss or data leakage.

“While data loss is a legitimate concern in the enterprise, data leakage, in which sensitive information is inadvertently exposed, can be a bigger issue, particularly when it comes to GenAI,” its report read.

Improving cybersecurity

To address the problem, employers are boosting their cybersecurity budgets, with AI security and governance now their top spending priority.

DNSFilter’s latest report showed that 74.5% of firms will have a larger cybersecurity budget than they had 12 months ago. Among them, 18.8% grew theirs by more than 10%.

AI security and governance topped the list of priorities for organisations when it comes to their cybersecurity budgets, as cited by 40.3% of the respondents.