Resources

26 of the top 50 shadow IT apps discovered in 2025 were AI tools, processing data and making decisions that carry documentation obligations. Five visibility gaps that sit between organisations and confident governance - and what each costs under EU AI Act, DORA, NIS2, and GDPR.

By the time most European IT teams know a shadow AI tool exists, it has been processing personal data for months and creating simultaneous gaps across DORA, NIS2, GDPR, and the EU AI Act. A structured guide to why existing governance fails, and what closes the gap.

78% of organisations haven't taken meaningful steps toward EU AI Act compliance, and August 2, 2026 is the enforcement deadline for high-risk systems. A practical guide to risk classification, the provider/deployer distinction, prohibited practices, and a six-phase action plan.

EU AI Act, GDPR, NIS2, and DORA apply simultaneously to the same AI system, and most enterprises govern only the AI they know about. Four-regulation collision, shadow AI compliance gaps, a five-level maturity diagnostic, and what governance infrastructure looks like at scale.