The rapid adoption of AI productivity tools is exposing a dangerous blind spot in enterprise security architecture. Organizations invest heavily in firewalls, SSO, and MFA not yet leave one of the most effective back doors wide open: persistent, unmanaged OAuth tokens. The disconnect between technical execution and strategic risk management has never been clearer. We are building massive walls while leaving the vault unlocked. The Core Problem Every time an employee connects an AI tool, automation, or SaaS application to Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, a persistent OAuth token is created. These tokens: Do not expire when employees leave the company Do not reset when passwords change Completely bypass traditional MFA Often remain active for years with broad permissions This is not a misconfiguration. This is how OAuth is designed to work — and most security programs were never built to handle it at the scale of Shadow AI.…