Shadow AI: The Hidden Risk Expanding Across the Enterprise

Executive summary: This whitepaper warns that rapid adoption of AI has created 'shadow AI'—unapproved AI tools, embedded SaaS AI features, and internal AI workflows—that expand the attack surface and introduce AI-specific threats such as prompt injection, data leakage, and credential abuse; it explains why traditional security tooling falls short and recommends assessing exposure, defining governance, and deploying integrated controls, while positioning CrowdStrike Falcon AI Detection and Response as a unified solution.