Sophos launches AI Defense to detect and control shadow AI use in real time

• Sophos launched AI Defense, positioning it as a real-time control layer to manage enterprise AI use, including unsanctioned tools.
• Product targets a fast-growing governance gap as employee-led AI adoption outpaces security oversight, raising data-leakage and compliance risk.
• Integration into the Sophos Fusion platform aims to boost customer retention, expand wallet share, and reduce friction versus stand-alone AI security vendors.
• Offering also strengthens Sophos’ pitch to managed service providers, supporting repeatable deployment across client fleets with minimal incremental tooling.
• Launch leans on rising demand signals, citing widespread concern over “shadow AI” and forecasting rapid scaling of AI agents through 2028.

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