Guide to identifying, assessing, and controlling ungoverned AI use in the organization. Shadow AI detection, risk assessment, and control framework.
Shadow AI is the use of AI tools by employees without the organization's knowledge or formal approval. 73% of organizations in LATAM operate with some form of Shadow AI. This guide provides a structured method to detect it, assess it, and decide what to do with each case.
No. Many Shadow AI uses reveal legitimate productivity needs the organization is not covering. The goal is not to eliminate all use, but to govern it: adopt what adds value with controls, and prohibit what generates risk without benefit.
ISO 42001 requires an AI systems inventory as part of the AIMS. Shadow AI represents systems outside that inventory, constituting a conformity gap. A Shadow AI assessment is a natural preliminary step to ISO 42001 implementation.
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