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Downloadable Asset22 Apr 2026
Shadow AI Risk Register
Nobody mapped it. Nobody owns the cost. Shadow AI isn't a rogue deployment problem. It's a visibility problem.
AI tools and API access spread through organisations at a pace that no central register has kept up with — and the spend, the risk, and the accountability follow.
The Shadow AI Risk Register gives Security, Compliance, and Finance teams a structured starting point: a framework for cataloguing what's running, who authorised it, what it costs, and who owns the risk.
Used alongside cortave, the register moves from a static snapshot to a live operational view — updated automatically as new model calls appear, attributed in real time, and governed at the gateway.
What's inside
- A risk register template covering the five primary shadow AI exposure categories
- How to classify AI tools by authorisation status, spend visibility, and policy coverage
- A framework for assigning ownership to unattributed AI spend
- The questions a CISO or CTO should ask to surface shadow AI in the next board cycle
- How cortave converts the shadow AI register from a static audit into a live operational view
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