Get the Gartner Report: Use Agile, Adaptive, AI-Ready (3A) Data Security Governance to Secure Shadow AI
If Your Governance Is Slow, It's Already Been Bypassed.
Sixty-nine percent of organizations suspect employees are using prohibited AI tools. Fifty-two percent suspect teams are building custom AI without security review. The problem isn't that governance can't keep up: it's that it was never in the conversation to begin with. Gartner's latest research shows CISOs how to get back in the room.
What's Inside This Gartner Report
This Gartner® research prescribes a framework for evolving data security to match the pace and complexity of AI adoption:
Implement Just-in-Time Access
Replace standing privileges with dynamic, session-scoped access. When a user or AI agent queries a data store for a specific task, access is granted only for the duration of that session, then revoked. This eliminates privilege accumulation and reduces risk at the data layer.
Enforce Continuous, Automated Scanning
Deploy tools that continuously scan data repositories to map lineage, detect overpermissions, and flag or revoke access that no longer serves a legitimate business purpose.
Evolve to Adaptive, Policy-Driven Controls
Decentralize data security decision-making with clear policy guardrails. Adaptive controls enable faster, more responsive enforcement without routing every decision through a central bottleneck.
Monitor AI Agents for Autonomy Failures
Evolve your security operations to function as identity auditors for AI agents: monitoring not just for unauthorized access, but for model drift and agents acting outside their defined guardrails.
Why Security Leaders Are Reading This Now
This report provides actionable guidance for:
- Replacing static permissions with just-in-time, context-aware access controls
- Automating continuous monitoring across data lakes and cloud repositories
- Enforcing least-privilege access for both human and non-human identities
- Building audit-ready visibility into every AI data interaction
Download your complimentary copy to understand how adaptive, automated data security controls keep your AI initiatives moving without outrunning your security posture.
Gartner, Use Agile, Adaptive, AI-Ready (3A) Data Security Governance to Secure Shadow AI, Craig Porter, Joerg Fritsch, et al.
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