Cybersecurity definition
What is Shadow AI?
By Cyber Tool Stack Editorial TeamUpdated
Definition
AI applications, models, agents, or services used inside an organization without formal approval, inventory, risk review, or consistent security and data-governance controls.
Where Shadow AI fits in the security landscape
These beginner lessons use this term while explaining the surrounding security control.
Related cybersecurity terms
AI SecurityThe discipline of identifying, testing, governing, and reducing security risks in machine-learning models, generative-AI applications, and autonomous agents across their development and operating lifecycle.Agentic AIAn AI system that can plan and take actions through tools, APIs, data sources, or other agents, creating security consequences beyond simply generating text or images.