Did you know 72% Use Personal Accounts for AI, 90% Bypass IT, Shadow SaaS Expands, Increasing Data Exposure

 

According to Enterprise GenAI Data Security Report 2025 by LayerX, there are major security risks of AI use in enterprises because 90% of the AI usage happens outside IT visibility. This can increase the risks of data leaks and unauthorized access, so enterprises should have proper training about how to use AI in workplaces. Even though there is a lot of hype around GenAI, its adoption in the industry is still moderate and only 15% of the employees are using GenAI tools daily. On the other hand, 50% of the employees use GenAI tools twice a week, which suggests that GenAI usage is going to increase soon.

Most of the users of GenAI (39%) are software developers, so they are more at risk for unknowingly leaking data, which could involve proprietary codes and can integrate insecure codes into computer systems. LayerX says that most of the employees are relying on Shadow SaaS and they use most of the GenAI tools without IT approval and 72% use them through their personal accounts. Only 12% of the employees who access GenAI tools through their corporate accounts do so with SSO (Single Sign-On). This means that 90% of the GenAI usage by the employees is invisible to the organizations, which makes them more vulnerable to unauthorized sharing of data and data leakage.

It was also found that employees who use GenAI daily tend to copy corporate data about four times on average in a day. The data includes customer data, business information, financial plans, and even source code, which increases the risks of data exposure in AI tools. This means that organizations need new security strategies to keep their data safe from GenAI. They have to integrate Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions in enterprises so GenAI can be safely incorporated without any risks.