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Companies Increase AI Governance Spending

Original title: Companies are spending more on AI governance and getting less control

Help Net Securityby Anamarija Pogorelec ()2 min read
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74.5% of respondents report larger cybersecurity budgets, with AI security and governance as the top priority.

According to DNSFilter's The Cost of Shadow AI report, organizations are ramping up cybersecurity spending, prioritizing AI governance and security. Employees frequently connect unapproved AI tools to corporate environments without IT notification, creating shadow AI risks. The report highlights gaps in oversight, with many unable to confirm tool configurations or monitoring.

Key facts
  • 40.3% name AI security and governance as next spending priority
  • 55.3% of employees use 3-5 AI tools for work
  • 46.1% connected unapproved AI tools to Google Workspace or Microsoft 365
  • 20.1% reported a security incident from such connections
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Companies are increasing their cybersecurity budgets, with AI security and governance the top priority for additional spending, followed by cloud security, according to DNSFilter’s The Cost of Shadow AI report. Some 74. 5% of respondents reported a larger cybersecurity budget than 12 months earlier.

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By Anamarija Pogorelec · helpnetsecurity.com

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