Why AI governance can’t wait: Seven steps every security leader should follow todayEffective AI use has become a competitive advantage, and organisations are deploying tools and agents across every part of the business. These unmanaged, unapproved AI tools operate inside company environments without oversight – what we call shadow AI. Organisations struggling to govern their own AI tools should follow seven key steps:Assess the impact of each AI system and assign risk level: critical, high, medium or low. Set clear guardrails around what AI agents are allowed to do, enforcing those boundaries and stopping high-risk actions before they become incidents. In many organisations AI risk falls between security, legal and data teams.