Security News > 2023 > June > Generative AI Tools Can Compromise Your SaaS Security - Here's How to Fight Back
A February 2023 generative AI survey of 1,000 executives revealed that 49% of respondents use ChatGPT now, and 30% plan to tap into the ubiquitous generative AI tool soon.
1 - Threat Actors Can Exploit Generative AI to Dupe SaaS Authentication Protocols #. As ambitious employees devise ways for AI tools to help them accomplish more with less too, do cybercriminals.
These insights are necessary not only for cybercriminals' generative AI activities but also for employees' AI tool connections to SaaS platforms.
2 - Employees Connect Unsanctioned AI Tools to SaaS Platforms Without Considering the Risks #. Employees are now relying on unsanctioned AI tools to make their jobs easier.
AI tools, like most SaaS apps, use OAuth access tokens for ongoing connections to SaaS platforms.
SSPM enables security teams and SaaS app owners to enforce best practices without studying the intricacies of each SaaS app and AI tool setting.
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