Tracking which AI tools can access sensitive data is an unsolved enterprise headache
Ian-Cubeless · reddit · 2026-11-04
An IT practitioner asked Reddit how to inventory which AI tools at their company can actually access sensitive data—customer records, financials, source code—and nobody has a full list.
- IT only covers approved tools; the gaps are self-installed browser extensions and AI features silently enabled in software updates
- Banning would push usage further out of sight; they just want visibility into access
- Surveys won't work since nobody remembers every extension they clicked "allow" on
The post highlights the real difficulty of shadow-AI governance in enterprises and solicits working approaches.
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