Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) exploded into the mainstream in late 2022. Since then, it has begun to trans form (or promises to transform) many aspects of how businesses operate. Tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini are more than just novel technologies — they’ve instigated a seismic shift in how data is managed and secured. It’s estimated that at least one in four corporate employees interacts with a GenAI tool daily, mostly unseen and undetected by employers and security personnel. That’s a concern because GenAI has a voracious appe tite for your data, consuming the most mundane and the most sensitive data with equally aggressive greed.