A new study from Palo Alto Networks says employees are using an average of 6.6 high-risk generative AI applications – including some unknown to CISOs
The study, on the popularity of GenAI in organisations, analysed traffic logs from more than 7,000 PAN customers during the 12 months of 2024 to detect use of software-as-a-service apps such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Amazon Bedrock, and more.
It also included a separate look at anonymised data from its customers’ loss prevention incidents from the first three months of this year.
Joseph Steinberg, a cybersecurity and AI expert, said: “I think it’s probably worse. In a major company it’s got to be higher than that.”
He predicts the number of risky AI apps in the enterprise is only going to grow.
That means that CISOs need to do a risk assessment of every GenAI app employees are using and then set policies and procedures staff have to follow.