The Shadow AI Checklist: Why Banning Claude Doesn't Work and What Actually Does

When security teams blame the AI tool, they’re sidestepping the real issue.

Employees will find a way to use Claude or other AI tools because productivity always wins. Banning Claude addresses the symptoms and not the cause.

What’s Inside:

  • Why tool bans consistently fail, and the organizational conditions that keep producing shadow AI
  • The three friction points that push employees toward unsanctioned tools regardless of policy
  • Five questions that reveal where your data governance issues are creating AI exposure risk right now
  • Why least privilege access alone won’t cut it in today’s AI-heavy environment
  • What governance-first organizations do differently and why it starts with the data

This checklist goes right to the cause.

4.8
gartner-logo
315 Ratings 374 Reviews
Trusted by leading data security teams

What our clients say

Why leading teams trust Concentric AI to protect sensitive data

55% Risk reduction in the first month

"Adopting Concentric AI was a strategic decision that has fundamentally transformed our approach to data governance and protection Their solution has exceeded our expectations, setting a new standard for data security in our industry."

Read the Case Study
Henry Mayorga

CISO & VP of Infrastructure at Baron Capital

75% Time reduction on classification and governance

“We started seeing value in the product even during the proof of concept. It identified a lot of areas where we had sensitive data that we didn’t even know about. That was a huge eye-opener for us, and it really helped us clean up and secure our environment. Concentric AI is a more specialized tool compared to Varonis, and what Concentric AI does, it does better.”

Read the Case Study
Jason Frame

CIO at Southern Nevada Health District

90%+ Time reduction to detect insider risk

"With Concentric AI, we've fortified our offboarding security while greatly improving how we manage data risk across the board. The level of insight and control we've gained over our data movement is unprecedented — like switching on a powerful spotlight in a previously dim room, revealing risks we didn't even know existed."

Read the Case Study
Sreeni Kancharla

CISO at Cadence Design Systems