Shadow AI is AI usage that occurs outside the institution’s approved inventory, procurement, security or governance processes.
Why it matters
Why institutions need the concept.
Shadow AI creates unknown data exposure, supplier dependency, cost, legal and operational risk because the institution may not know where or how AI is being used.
Turn terminology into institutional operating control.
Cybatar connects AI inventory, policy, accountable decisions, evidence, assurance and economics so governance can operate continuously rather than live in disconnected documents.
