Employees are adopting AI faster than most organisations can govern it. From chatbots and coding assistants to autonomous agents, unsanctioned AI use can expose sensitive data, expand the enterprise risk surface and create compliance blind spots.

The Definitive Guide to Shadow AI explains why shadow AI is rising, how AI agents intensify risk and how security teams can enable AI safely with visibility, controls and auditability.

In this guide, you’ll learn:

• How unapproved AI tools put data, IP, credentials and compliance at risk
• How semantic privilege escalation means agents can use authorised permissions for actions that violate user intent
• How to discover shadow AI use, assess risk, apply granular policies and create defensible audit trails
• Why runtime enforcement matters to evaluate agent actions as they happen—before inappropriate actions take place

Download the white paper to learn how Proofpoint helps organisations make AI safe to scale.