Shadow AI vs Managed AI: What’s the Difference? – FireTail Blog

**Executive summary:** This briefing explains Shadow AI—unsanctioned employee use of AI tools that can leak sensitive data—and contrasts it with Managed AI, outlining key enterprise risks (invisible data exfiltration, legal liability, and IP loss), alignment with OWASP LLM and MITRE ATLAS frameworks, and a three-step mitigation path (discover hidden AI, provide an approved 'paved path', and add inline security guardrails), while positioning FireTail as a platform to detect, redact, and manage AI usage across the organization.