3 business risks of AI-assisted coding executives can’t ignore
The AI coding assistants your developers use every day could leak company secrets, take actions without accountability, and rack up costs without oversight.
The scale of adoption makes these risks an executive-level concern: 90% of developers regularly use at least one AI tool at work for coding and development tasks. What sets AI coding assistants apart from traditional developer tools is their combination of broad access to company systems and information with the ability to act autonomously.
“Many of the board discussions are around needing more AI adoption. And that’s great, because it does provide significant productivity gains,” said Gunjan Patel, Senior Direct of Product Management for AI Security at Palo Alto Networks. “But the other side is security risk and financial risk. AI agents have a mind of their own, they can do whatever they want, and often have the same level of access as your employees—but without any...
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