The recent DeepSeek frenzy exemplifies the rapidly evolving AI landscape, where new and powerful AI models continue to reshape how organizations operate. This constant evolution presents a critical challenge for organizational leaders: how to maintain security while harnessing the transformative power of AI technology.
Over the last 18 months our team has spoken with hundreds of leaders across various functions in security, IT, and AI development. We believe the answer to safe and swift AI adoption requires foundational context and data.
The Shadow AI Challenge
As previously shared in my previous blog post, when organizations respond to AI risks by implementing blanket restrictions, they often create a more dangerous scenario - the rise of Shadow AI. Employees, driven by the need to maintain productivity and leverage cutting-edge tools, may turn to unauthorized AI applications that bypass security controls. This creates an uncontrolled attack surface that poses significant risks to sensitive data and intellectual property.
Consider this sobering statistic: approximately 40% of AI tools are configured to train on user-provided data. Without proper visibility and controls, organizations risk their proprietary information being used as training data for these models.
The Visibility-First Approach with Prompt Security
Context matters and Prompt Security offers a comprehensive solution that enables organizations to embrace AI safely through three key steps:
- Discovery and Inventory: Our platform provides best-in-class detection of AI applications used within the enterprise, covering more than 10,000 of them. Our dynamic detection mechanism catches new AI applications as they emerge, ensuring you maintain complete visibility of your AI footprint, in real time.
- Risk Assessment: We help identify the riskiest applications and users, allowing security teams to make informed decisions about which tools to authorize and which to restrict.
- Policy Enforcement: Rather than implementing blanket restrictions, Prompt Security enables granular, department-specific security policies that align with your organization's risk tolerance and business needs.
Practical Security Measures
With proper visibility established, Prompt Security helps organizations implement effective security controls:
- Real-time data privacy protection through automatic anonymization and sanitization
- Department-based granular policies that reflect different teams' needs and risk profiles
- Comprehensive monitoring of both web-based and native/desktop AI applications
- Educational features that guide employees towards secure AI usage practices
Beyond Basic Protection
Prompt Security goes beyond simple restriction to enable secure AI adoption by supporting over 200 protected data types, including international identifiers and technical secrets, integrating seamlessly with existing security infrastructure through SIEM and IAM, providing comprehensive audit logging for compliance and security oversight, and incorporating content moderation capabilities to prevent exposure to harmful or inappropriate AI-generated content.
The Path Forward
As new AI models and tools like DeepSeek continue to emerge, organizations need a security approach that can evolve with the technology landscape. The solution isn't to block AI access - it's to implement intelligent visibility and controls that enable safe, productive use of AI tools.
With Prompt Security, organizations can confidently navigate the AI revolution, maintaining security while unlocking the transformative potential of AI technology. By choosing visibility over restriction, enterprises can build a foundation for sustainable AI adoption that protects their assets while driving innovation and competitive advantage.
Let's talk about how to effectively embrace AI in your organization without compromising on visibility, security and governance. Book time with us.
