Your Employees Are Already Using AI Tools You Never Approved
Help Net Security, Tuesday, September 15th, 2026
74% of organizations have AI adoption, but only 5% have coordinated governance across their AI lifecycle.
A OneTrust report reveals that 74% of organizations have departmental or scaled AI adoption, yet governance remains fragmented with only 5% achieving defined coordination across the AI lifecycle.
While 87% of companies encourage AI agent use, nearly half experienced incidents where agents took unapproved actions.
Employee workarounds are common, with 33% using unapproved tools due to slow access to approved options. Organizations are investing more in AI governance, with 98% planning budget increases, yet manual reviews and inconsistent processes continue to slow AI initiatives.