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

As the World Cup Kicks Off, 84% of Sports Organizations Report a Cyber Hit

The 2026 FIFA World Cup has kicked off across Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The NBA and Stanley Cup Finals are live at the same time. Global sport is at peak visibility. New research says attackers have noticed. Darktrace published its report, Cybersecurity in Global Sport, this week. The Cambridge-founded firm sells behavioral AI … Read more

Travelers Flags Shadow AI as the Cyber Risk Already Inside the Building

Workplace AI adoption is moving faster than any technology before it. By early 2026, 43% of U.S. workers were using AI on the job. Most cyber programs were not built for that speed. The internal cybersecurity exposure this creates is called shadow AI. It is now the headline risk in Travelers’ Q1 2026 Cyber Threat … 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

AI Risk Grows As Firms Sacrifice Identity Security For Speed

We’ve seen this before: a new technology emerges, companies rush to get ahead, and governance tries to keep up. According to Delinea’s latest research, AI risk has reached this point. About 90% of organizations are pushing cybersecurity teams to relax identity controls so AI projects can progress. This tradeoff increases the risk of unauthorized access, … Read more

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