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SANS Warns of AI Governance Gap as Use by Security Teams Surges

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SANS Institute is warning that AI governance frameworks are failing to keep pace with rapid adoption of AI tools among cybersecurity teams. As security professionals increasingly rely on AI in their daily work, the policies and oversight structures meant to guide that use have not caught up.

Why this matters: Security teams are some of the most trusted people inside any organization. They touch sensitive systems, incident data, user records, and vulnerabilities that nobody else sees. If they are using AI tools without clear governance, that is not just a compliance gap. It is a real exposure. Who controls what data those tools process? Who is accountable if something leaks or goes wrong? The teams built to protect organizations from risk should not themselves be operating in an oversight blind spot.

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