Shadow AI vs Shadow IT: What’s the Difference and Why It Matters for Security and Compliance
TL;DR Shadow IT is the unauthorized use of apps, devices, services, or infrastructure without IT approval. Think personal Dropbox for work files or an unsanctioned Slack workspace. Shadow AI is a subset of Shadow IT involving AI tools, models, and AI features embedded in approved software. Examples: pasting source code into public ChatGPT, or AI…
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May 18, 2026
EU AI Act Compliance Checklist Your Team Needs Before August 2026
TL;DR The EU AI Act applies to your organization if you store or manage EU citizen data, work with vendors who do, or deploy AI systems whose outputs affect people in the EU, regardless of where you are headquartered. Your system’s reach into EU markets, not your company’s address, is what puts you in scope….
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May 12, 2026
What AI Risks Exist Today? A Guide for GRC Teams in 2026
Most GRC teams don’t need another reminder that AI risk is real. Given the breakneck pace of AI adoption, they probably have a closer seat to the problem than anyone else in the organization. Sprinto’s CISO AI Pulse Check Report found that three in four CISOs have already discovered unsanctioned AI tools inside their environments,…
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May 12, 2026
What Is AI Governance and Why Do You Need It?
AI is scaling faster than any technology before it, and every function it touches is being reshaped in real time. As adoption accelerates across your org, the responsibility to govern it lands exactly where it always does: on the desks of GRC teams, InfoSec leads, and CISOs. The technology is new. The accountability structure is not….
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May 12, 2026
How Modern CISOs Can Secure AI-Powered Enterprises Without Slowing Innovation
AI has quietly become infrastructure. It is now embedded in how organizations build products, support customers, write code, analyze data, and make decisions. For CISOs, this shift has created a new reality. AI is accelerating the business, but it is also stretching security, risk, and compliance programs beyond what they were designed to handle. Most…
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Apr 09, 2026
How AI Risks are quietely reshaping your vendor ecosystem—and why you’re already behind
A year ago, your vendor risk assessment probably didn’t include a single question about AI. Today, that gap is one of the biggest blind spots in your third-party risk management program. AI is no longer just a tool your employees use internally. It now lives inside your vendor ecosystem, embedded in the SaaS products you…
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Apr 06, 2026
