AI Governance Unlocks Speed, Not Bureaucracy

ServiceNow's Neeraj Jain on Risk Mitigation and Real-Time Data Access for AI Agents Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • December 15, 2025

Enterprises that embed governance from intake to deployment scale artificial intelligence faster than those that bolt it on afterward. Without visibility into AI assets across the organization, companies face reputational damage, legal fines and compliance failures when applications reach production without proper risk assessment.

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Neeraj Jain, director of product management, hyperscalers and multi-cloud at ServiceNow, said governance should accelerate innovation rather than constrain it. Organizations need real-time access to authoritative data sources. The zero-data-copy approach eliminates duplication and ensures AI agents operate on current information.

"Whenever a business leader hears the word governance, they immediately think of bureaucracy, red tape, paperwork," Jain said. "But our research indicates that good governance can actually be a massive strategic accelerator for companies ...