Employees are adopting AI faster than most organizations 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 authorized 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 for evaluating agent actions as they happen—before inappropriate actions happen

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