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Shadow AI in the Tech Stack: Why Your IT Architecture Will Cost You Your Job

Stop losing control, comply with new regulations, and use Secure AI Gateways to prevent your tech stack from becoming a liability trap.

Topic

AI & Quantum SecurityGovernance, Riskmanagement and ComplianceLegislation, standards, regulationsData security / DLP / Know-how protectionData protection / GDPR

When & Where

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Wed, 10/28/2026 04:15 PM - 04:30 PM

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Forum C, Booth 7-720

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Details

  • Format:

    Management lecture

  • Language:

    German

Session description

Speaker: Carsten Marmulla

An Uncensored Look at Reality: The AI Illusion in the Tech Stack

Digital transformation promises efficiency—but for CISOs, IT directors, and architects, it primarily delivers shadow AI and a loss of control. While executive boards are still debating policies, developer teams and business departments have long since created facts on the ground. They are utilizing public Large Language Models (LLMs), integrating unvetted external APIs into the tech stack, and feeding generative tools with sensitive source code, customer data, and internal IP.

The bitter truth: most IT architectures are blind to this era. Classic firewalls and traditional proxies offer zero visibility into the payloads streaming to external AI providers second by second. Meanwhil ...