In a 2025 study of employee generative AI use, 21% used ChatGPT in free, personal accounts, where data becomes part of LLM training data. And 7% of employees used Chinese generative AI tools at work. (Study by
@harmonicsec of their users)
The problem is that an AI ban won't create security.
Bans create invisibility.
If you see shadow AI as a design constraint and worked to turn it into something visible, measurable, and well-governed, instead of trying to suppress it with blanket bans, we want to hear from you.
@SANSInstitute AI Summit 2026 has a full track on AI Governance & Risk.
We want enterprise AI inventory methodologies with actual numbers. Framework implementations with measurable outcomes. EU AI Act compliance stories--what broke, what worked. Cross-functional governance models that survived contact with reality.
The CFP is open until Friday, January 16 at 5pm ET.
Submit yours here:
app.smartsheet.com/b/form/01…