Issue Shadow AI puts autonomous decision-making outside any governance perimeter
Summary
Deloitte identifies unsanctioned AI deployed by individual teams as the leading internal risk, because each instance places a system that can reach sensitive data and make consequential choices outside the organisation's visibility, opening paths to leakage, manipulation, drift and unauthorised access.
Classification
Main topicDigital Infrastructure & Cyber
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon0-3 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 1
- Tech Trends 2026: As technology innovation and adoption accelerate, five trends reveal how successful organizations are moving from experimentation to impact Deloitte Insights (Deloitte Development LLC, US Office of the CTO) page=55;section=The AI dilemma: Securing and leveraging AI for cyber defense / The enemy within 2025-12 accessed 2026-07-26
Constituent trends 1
Directly linked signals 0
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Relation types: constitutes
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