Security News > 2023 > June > New Research: 6% of Employees Paste Sensitive Data into GenAI tools as ChatGPT

The revolutionary technology of GenAI tools, such as ChatGPT, has brought significant risks to organizations' sensitive data.

The report titled "Revealing the True GenAI Data Exposure Risk" provides crucial insights for data protection stakeholders and empowers them to take proactive measures.

One alarming finding reveals that 6% of employees have pasted sensitive data into GenAI, with 4% engaging in this risky behavior on a weekly basis.

The report addresses vital risk assessment questions, including the actual scope of GenAI usage across enterprise workforces, the relative share of "Paste" actions within this usage, the number of employees pasting sensitive data into GenAI and their frequency, the departments utilizing GenAI the most, and the types of sensitive data most likely to be exposed through pasting.

The research also highlights the prevalence of sensitive data exposure.

Data protection stakeholders can leverage the insights provided by the report to build effective GenAI data protection plans.

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