Veeam research finds 67% of EMEA firms lose track of employee-built AI “shadow agents”

• Veeam research flagged a “shadow agent” governance gap across EMEA as enterprises scale autonomous AI workflows.
• 70% reported AI workflows accessing sensitive corporate data without full oversight; 67% cited employee-built agents that IT cannot fully track.
• 58% said new corporate accountability laws now apply; 40% reported concern over personal liability tied to cyber resilience and compliance.
• EU AI Act uncertainty emerged as a key risk: 62% saw ambiguities as a compliance threat; 63% anticipated unintended operational or legal exposure.
• 41% are building local or sovereign AI models to curb unmanaged AI; 49% are using hybrid deployments for sensitive workloads.

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