Kiberdom Survey: One in Three Russian Staff Shared Logins with AI

The main reasons for using AI are speeding up labor-intensive tasks (18%), analysing large volumes of information (11%) and preparing or editing documents (7%). Some 16% said they shared internal data because the company has no suitable corporate AI service, and 13% pointed to management encouraging the use of chatbots. One in five does not know which work data may be shared, and 9% do not consider the uploaded material confidential.

Rules are thin

Only 5% of staff report written AI regulations. Another 17% were given the rules orally, and 18% say their company defined categories of data that must not go to AI. At 22% of employers, uploading any material to external networks is banned.

Asked what they would do if a task required uploading a confidential document, 23% would first strip personal and restricted data, 14% would contact IT or information security, and 8% would upload it as is.

Companies lack oversight

Kiberdom also surveyed managers and specialists in information security, IT, HR and law. According to them, 18% of companies monitor AI use on work devices, while 23% do not. Some 32% said employees sent logins, passwords and access keys to AI services; 16% do not know what was shared, and 12% said no checks were carried out.

When violations occur, 23% of companies restrict access to AI services, 20% review cases individually, 11% explain the rules again, and 2% consider dismissal. The most common gap is a corporate AI service for internal data, named by 30% of respondents, followed by resources to monitor AI use, cited by 14%.