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The AI Governance Playbook: how to adopt AI safely in 2026.

Adoption already happened. This is how security catches up — the visibility, controls, and policy framework that let your people work with AI confidently, and let your security team see what they’re defending.

✓ 15 pages✓ 5-control frameworkPlain-English✓ Free
93%
of orgs show AI tool activity
59%
use unsanctioned AI tools
26%
run six or more AI tools at once
93%
of AI permission requests approved without scrutiny
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The AI Governance Playbook
15 pages · PDF · 2026 edition
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Inside the 15 pages
Everything you need to write and roll out an AI policy

Practical and built for SMB and mid-market teams facing the same pace of AI adoption as the enterprise, with far less governance infrastructure.

01
The new AI attack surface

Connected systems, shadow AI, and third-party exposure — mapped so you can see where AI extends your risk.

02
Why legacy controls fall short

AI agents run as the user and look like normal activity. There’s no signature to match and no deviation to flag.

03
A real April 2026 incident

How a trusted AI coding agent became an attack vector — start to finish, and what caught it.

04
The five-control framework

Inventory, acceptable use, least privilege, human review, and incident response — with the questions to pressure-test each.

05
Build & roll out the policy

Assess maturity, set risk tolerance, keep the policy suite lean, and vet every vendor before you connect it.

06
Make it stick

Leadership modelling, explaining the why, enforcing from day one, and a no-blame reporting culture.

CyberCaddy AIDR · AI Detection & Response
The playbook is the map. AIDR is the visibility.

You can’t govern what you can’t see. AIDR extends the coverage you already have to the AI layer — no new agents, no separate dashboards. It uncovers shadow AI, enforces policy control, and supports secure adoption across your environment.

Discover
Uncover shadow AI

Where AI is being used and who’s using it — including unsanctioned or unknown applications.

Govern
Enforce policy & control

Establish and enforce guardrails to reduce risk, eliminate shadow AI, and take back control.

Adopt safely
Support secure adoption

Monitor adoption of new AI tools so your team can support responsible use across the org.

CyberCaddy AIDR AI Monitoring dashboard showing AI tool usage, devices, active users and top tools
Start with the playbook

Free, 15 pages, no strings. The fastest way to move from “AI is happening to us” to a policy your people will actually follow.