Download: The IT leader’s guide to AI code sprawl

Tines published "The IT leader's guide to AI code sprawl," a downloadable guide warning that employees across departments are shipping apps, agents and automations built with AI tools, often without recognizing the output requires governance. According to Help Net Security, which posted the guide on September 17, 2026, the resulting AI code sprawl increases risk, compromises compliance and wastes resources, and conventional responses are failing because they were never built for a problem at this scale or speed.

AI hasn’t just made building faster, it’s made everyone a builder. Across every department, employees are shipping apps, agents and automations using AI tools, often without knowing they’ve created something that needs governing at all. The result: AI code sprawl is taking root, increasing risk, compromising compliance, and wasting resources. The usual responses aren’t working: not because they’re poorly executed, but because they were never built for a problem at this scale or speed. Drawing … More https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/17/tines-ai-code-sprawl-guide/ The post Download: The IT leader’s guide to AI code sprawl https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/17/tines-ai-code-sprawl-guide/ appeared first on Help Net Security https://www.helpnetsecurity.com .