AI Is the New Shadow IT | Jack Smith | Ep 126

Shadow IT used to be a server in a closet. Today it is someone in sales uploading confidential quotes to whatever AI tool they found first. Jack Smith has spent more than 25 years in enterprise IT and hosts the IT Horror Stories podcast. His argument: AI is not a new problem, it is the latest version of an old one, and blocking it at the firewall has never worked. Work with Aaron: https://protectitallpod.com/work/ The book: https://protectitallpod.com/book/ This episode: https://protectitallpod.com/ep126/ The OT Security Starter Kit: https://protectitallpod.com/starter-kit/ CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open 0:11 Intro 1:19 Twenty five years, from floppy disks to AI 10:45 Shadow IT used to be a box in a closet 12:31 Why blocking it never works 19:53 You cannot throw people in the deep end 21:48 When a wrong answer can kill someone 25:40 The answer everybody hates: training 27:54 Never give AI your production environment 41:20 Ask who owns your AI policy 44:38 Who actually gets rich 47:08 The Times Square test 56:06 Outro GUEST Jack Smith, host of IT Horror Stories Podcast: https://ithorrorstories.eu/ "AI Is The New Shadow IT": https://ithorrorstories.eu/#rant07 LinkedIn:   / franky   LISTEN Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Vvi0eu... YouTube:    / @protectitall