Shadow AI: The Fastest-Growing Security Risk No One Is Tracking 

Shadow AI is the informal, ungoverned use of AI tools and autonomous agents within organizations, creating internal security risks such as data exposure, unauthorized automation, privilege escalation, and new attack vectors. The document outlines how Shadow AI evades traditional detection, defines an "AI Security Gap" (lack of visibility, control, and prevention), and recommends practical steps—build an AI inventory, define usage policies, monitor behavior at runtime, enforce endpoint control, and prioritize prevention—to reduce unmanaged AI risk.