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Shadow AI Sector Policy Statistics

The same 11,959 AI tools, judged by 15 sector policies. Counts and shares only: no domains, no per-tool verdicts.

15Sectors
11,959AI tools per sector
8% to 82%Share blocked
165AI tool subcategories

Share of AI tools blocked, by sector

Block means unreachable. Controls means allowed with conditions such as a business account, SSO or inspection. Allow needs nothing special.

BlockControlsAllow
Defense & critical infrastructure
82%
K-12 schools
74%
Government & public sector
50%
Banks & financial services
48%
Healthcare
47%
Insurers & brokers
47%
Pharma & life sciences
46%
Law firms
44%
Accounting & tax firms
38%
MSP default (managed clients)
35%
Manufacturing & engineering
28%
General business
13%
Higher education
12%
Software & technology companies
11%
Marketing, media & creative agencies
9%

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Version 1.0.0, snapshot of 26 September 2026. Also on Figshare.

sector-verdicts.csvBlock, controls and allow per sector, 1 KB
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ai-tools-taxonomy.csvAI tool taxonomy: 18 categories, 165 subcategories, tool counts, 8 KB
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category-summary.csvTools per category, AI-native and AI-enabled split, 1 KB
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training-default-by-category.csvVendor training defaults by category, 1 KB
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data-use-terms-by-category.csvFour data-use fields by category, 13 KB
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data-use-terms-summary.csvFour data-use fields across all reviewed tools, 1 KB
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README.mdDataset description, 4 KB
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DATA_DICTIONARY.mdColumns and values explained, 3 KB
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LICENSE.txtCC BY 4.0 licence, 1 KB
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CITATION.txtHow to cite, 1 KB
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CHANGELOG.mdVersion history, 1 KB
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manifest.jsonFile sizes and checksums (JSON), 2 KB
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SHA256SUMSChecksums, 1 KB
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Cite this dataset

Alpha Quantum (2026). Shadow AI Sector Policy Statistics (Version 1.0.0). Shadow AI Tools. Figshare.

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