Akamai report finds nearly half of enterprise AI use bypasses corporate security controls

• Akamai published its Enterprise AI Usage Risk Report 2026, warning nearly half of enterprise AI use bypasses corporate security controls.
• Risk is concentrated among “AI power users,” with about 5% of employees driving most interactive AI prompts.
• The report flags a large “shadow AI” long tail of unmanaged AI SaaS tools, creating major visibility gaps for security teams.
• It identified three 2026 AI-native attack methods that can bypass perimeter defenses, including extension-based credential theft, indirect prompt injection, and workflow manipulation.
• Mitigation priorities include forcing SSO, shifting from static DLP to prompt-level inspection, tightening extension governance, and applying least-privilege controls to autonomous agents.

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