AI Governance Challenges: What Keeps CDOs Up at Night | Cyera Blog

#### Executive summary This report argues that organizations must treat data as the control plane for AI security, identifying three surfaces of AI risk (public tools/shadow AI, embedded AI in business platforms, and homegrown agents) and recommending a three-step framework—Discover (continuous inventory and visibility), Govern (right-size permissions for humans and non-human identities), and Protect (real-time guardrails against sensitive data exposure)—to close governance gaps amplified by rapid AI adoption.