The biggest AI security risk may already be inside your company

Half of South Africans surveyed have bypassed their employers’ restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the past year, exposing companies to a new security risk that traditional cyber controls may struggle to contain.

Prejlin Naidoo, partner at Oliver Wyman, a global strategy and risk consultancy, shared the findings at a cybersecurity roundtable hosted by Marsh, an international risk and insurance adviser, in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

They point to a growing problem for companies racing to adopt generative AI. The…