When an AI Agent Causes the Loss: Shadow AI and the Underwriting Questions It Raises

An AI agent can now write code, call tools, move files, and run commands. In most setups, it does all of that with the permissions of the person who launched it. So when an agent causes damage, the first underwriting question is deceptively hard. Who acted? Remy Guercio, Product Lead for Aperture at Tailscale, does … Read more

Agentic AI and Cyber Insurance: The Authorization Gap

Agentic AI is reshaping how underwriters and claims teams think about cyber risk. The disruption arrives at machine speed. AI keeps inventing and changing at a pace the market rarely sees. Insurance touches every industry. Every industry is now embracing AI. That pushes risk and liability to the forefront. The latest Cyber Insurance News podcast … Read more

Shadow AI Is A Boardroom Problem: Protiviti AI Pulse Survey 2026

Nearly half of large enterprises lack full visibility into how their own employees use AI tools. That is the central finding of Protiviti’s fourth AI Pulse Survey. The report, titled “No Visibility, No Confidence,” surveyed 345 C-suite executives, board members, and IT leaders in February 2026. Its findings carry direct implications for cyber risk governance, … Read more

Cyber Risk Management Lags Behind AI Adoption, Report Finds

Enterprises are accelerating their deployments of artificial intelligence, yet cyber risk management practices continue to lag, according to a new global study from OpenText and the Ponemon Institute. The report highlights a widening gap between innovation and security readiness, raising concerns about AI governance across the cyber insurance and cybersecurity sectors. The study, Managing Risks … Read more

AI In The SOC: Alert Overload, Human Judgment, And Hidden Risk Shape Security’s Next Chapter

Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan once said, “One of the effects of living with electric information is that we live habitually in a state of information overload. There’s always more than you can cope with.” This idea now sums up cybersecurity work. Recent research on AI in the SOC shows teams overwhelmed by alerts as they … Read more