Virtue AI pulls the rug out from under the feet of shadow AI agents
Artificial intelligence security startup Virtue AI Inc. is expanding its capabilities with the launch of Shadow AI, a new addition to its AgentSuite platform that gives enterprises clear visibility into how AI is being used across their organization.
Enterprises desperately need to know which of their employees are using AI, and how they’re using it, for the technology is becoming more prevalent than ever, the company said. Autonomous AI agents in particular are spreading like wildfire inside users’ laptops, software-as-a-service applications, in DevOps workflows and other kinds of platforms. In most cases, organization’s security teams have never had a chance to review, let alone approve, all of these AI systems.
That’s not to say they don’t know about it. Virtue AI says most businesses are only too aware of the rate of AI’s adoption among their workforce, and in many cases they encourage it. But it’s also very risky, because security teams do not have the ability to see how AI is operating within the organization. They don’t know exactly where those AI agents are running, what permissions they’ve been given or what tools they can use. They don’t have a way to track their behavior, and they certainly cannot tell if they’re compliant.
