India, Oct. 15 -- AI is spreading across workplaces faster than many security teams can track. Sophos is responding with Sophos AI Defence, now generally available to help organisations discover the AI tools and agents employees and applications are using, including those that were never approved.

The bigger issue is not simply how many AI tools are being used. It is what data is being shared with them and whether that activity follows company policy. Sophos AI Defence brings these questions into the security workflow by connecting controls across devices, networks, sign-in and browsers.

Sophos says 69% of organisations suspect or have evidence that employees are using unsanctioned AI agents and tools. Meanwhile, 82% have discovered sha...