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Forrester: Shadow AI agents to outnumber sanctioned ones by 10:1 in APAC enterprises by 2027

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A Forrester report predicts that by 2027, large enterprises in the Asia Pacific region will have over ten employee-built shadow AI agents for every officially sanctioned one. These unauthorized agents evade asset inventories by appearing as tool calls within management systems. The report suggests that controlling these tool calls is key to governing the agents. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential future challenges in enterprise AI governance and security due to the proliferation of unsanctioned AI agents.

RANK_REASON The item is a prediction from an analyst firm about future enterprise AI adoption and management challenges.

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Forrester: Shadow AI agents to outnumber sanctioned ones by 10:1 in APAC enterprises by 2027

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Forrester 2027: 10+ employee-built shadow AI agents for every sanctioned one at a third of large APAC enterprises. They never hit an asset inventory; they show

    Forrester 2027: 10+ employee-built shadow AI agents for every sanctioned one at a third of large APAC enterprises. They never hit an asset inventory; they show up in MCP tool calls. Govern the tool call and you govern the agent. New post: https:// blog.relayshield.net/shadow-ai -…

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