Your AI Can Find the CEO’s Salary. Can Your IT Team Stop It?

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What happens when an employee asks AI how much the CEO earns—and gets an answer? In this episode of Petri Dish, ENow Software CEO Jay Gundotra shares a story of exposed executive pay that puts the risks of AI governance into perspective. We explore how AI agents are expanding access to business data, why more approval steps can drive users toward shadow IT, and where IT teams can start reducing risk without slowing the business down. Watch the full conversation here!

Russell Smith

Russell Smith, the Editorial Director at Petri IT Knowledgebase, has over two decades of hands-on experience in IT, in both small business settings and government IT infrastructure projects. Russell started writing for Windows IT Pro Magazine in the early 2000s. Since then, he has contributed insights to various IT publications, including Petri and CDW. His authoritative voice has resonated across industry blogs, where he dissects complex topics into an ‘easy read’. Russell has authored over a thousand articles, each a testament to his depth of knowledge. His expertise doesn’t stop there: he wrote a book on Privilege Management and co-authored another for Microsoft’s MOAC series. Moreover, Russell’s commitment to education shines through in the courses he crafted for Pluralsight. He is also presenter on his own YouTube channel, This Week in IT, and the current presenter of Petri Dish.