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Stop Sensitive Data From Reaching Unapproved AI Tools

BTI puts leading AI security platforms to work so your team can see AI use by people and agents, block PII and confidential data in prompts and uploads, stop unauthorized or shadow AI tools, and keep reporting for governance and audits.

  • Discover shadow AI and AI inside everyday apps, not only named chat tools
  • Block PII and confidential data in prompts and uploads before it reaches an AI service
  • Block unauthorized or shadow AI tools, with allow, constrain or block policy for people and AI agents
  • Report violations and retain activity for governance, investigation and audit evidence

Call your local BTI IT team: Los Angeles 323-510-8003 · Chicago 312-492-2613

  • Over 40 years in business
  • 24/7 NOC/SOC
  • ISO 27001 compliant
  • Offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and Phoenix
  • GSA contract holder (47QTCA21D00BA)

The problem

Shadow AI creates data paths your endpoint stack never sees

People paste customer lists into personal ChatGPT or Claude accounts. Copilot and plugins inside Excel and Word move content without a separate download. Autonomous agents call tools, APIs and domains on their own. Endpoint protection watches the device. It does not watch every prompt and upload.

Personal AI accounts

Staff open unsanctioned assistants in a browser. Sensitive text, files and screenshots leave through a path your firewall never labeled as AI.

Embedded assistants

AI inside Microsoft 365 apps and plugins can send work data without a clear handoff. Browser-only tools miss those sessions.

Agents and APIs

Agents reach domains, tools and applications. Without destination policy and logging, you only learn after something goes wrong.

What BTI puts in place

Shadow AI visibility, GenAI data loss controls, policy and evidence

BTI designs, deploys and manages leading AI security platforms as a control layer for GenAI and shadow AI. The outcomes below are what you get when BTI runs the stack for you. They are not a promise of a specific audit result.

Shadow AI visibility

Discover and monitor employee GenAI use and autonomous AI agent activity, including AI inside applications such as Microsoft Excel and Word plugins, so the picture is larger than named chat tools alone.

GenAI data loss controls

Block PII and confidential data in prompts and uploads before that content reaches an AI service. Policies can allow useful work while stopping high-risk sharing.

Policy for people and AI agents

Identify the user or agent behind a request, evaluate by user, group, tool or risk, then allow, constrain or block unauthorized AI tools and access to approved destinations, tools, APIs and applications.

Governance evidence

Report violations and retain AI conversations and agent activity for review, investigation and audit workflows. Pair the technical record with your written AI policy on the AI security governance page and with WISP, IR plans and GRC.

How it works

One policy language for human and agent-led AI traffic

  1. IdentifyRecognize AI activity, relevant destinations and the identity or agent context behind a request.
  2. EvaluateApply policy by user, group, tool or risk instead of a blanket AI block that stops legitimate work.
  3. EnforceAllow, constrain or prevent sensitive sharing and block unauthorized AI tools, destinations, APIs or applications.
  4. ReviewKeep violation reports and activity available for review with the context needed to understand what occurred.

How it fits Prevent

A GenAI control layer next to Network Security and SASE

AI data loss prevention sits with your other Prevent layers. It does not replace endpoint protection, email security, identity controls or 24/7 MDR. It closes the gap where prompts and uploads leave for AI tools.

Network Security and SASE

Use Network Security and SASE for managed firewalls, segmentation and secure remote access. Use this page for GenAI and shadow AI visibility and data loss controls on AI destinations.

Identity, email and endpoint

MFA and managed devices decide who can sign in. Email filtering stops many phishing paths. Endpoint tools watch devices. AI data loss prevention watches AI destinations and content leaving toward them.

Not a replacement for MDR

When an AI session or agent path looks wrong, investigation still belongs with BTI's 24/7 NOC/SOC and 24/7 MDR and incident response. Retained AI activity gives analysts something to review.

Start with discovery

If you are not sure which AI tools are already in use, begin with an AI business opportunity assessment framed around use and risk, then layer controls here.

How it supports Govern

Written AI policy becomes enforceable controls and evidence

Governance asks whether you can show insurers, auditors and customers that AI use is controlled. This service supplies the technical enforcement, violation reporting and session evidence. Your policies, authority model and AI register live on the AI governance page and with vCISO-led programs.

Maps to written policy

Allow lists, block lists and risk-based rules mirror the AI rules your leaders approve. Changes go through the same change process as other security controls.

Evidence for review

Violation reports and retained activity support investigations, insurer questions and customer security reviews. BTI does not invent audit outcomes or claim a certification from a framework mapping.

Links to AI governance and GRC

Start with AI security, governance and risk for policy design. Use WISP, IR plans and GRC for the broader written program, and vCISO and cybersecurity consulting when you want a named security leader to own the roadmap.

Engagement path

Discovery, scoped pilot, policy design, then managed operation

  1. DiscoveryWe review which AI tools, agents and data paths are already in use and which destinations matter most.
  2. Scoped pilotWe size a controlled pilot for a defined user set. Results are measured against your goals. We do not invent pilot outcomes in advance.
  3. Policy designWe write allow, constrain and block rules with your stakeholders so useful AI work continues under clear boundaries.
  4. Managed operationBTI deploys and manages the platform day to day, with reporting your leaders can read and changes you approve.

Ready to talk through scope? Book a free consultation or start from the cybersecurity services hub.

Questions

AI data loss prevention FAQs

What is shadow AI, and how is it different from approved Copilot use?

Shadow AI is GenAI use outside the tools and accounts your organization has approved, such as personal ChatGPT or Claude accounts. Approved Microsoft Copilot or other corporate AI tools can still need controls. BTI helps you see both sanctioned and unsanctioned AI activity and apply policy to each.

Does this work alongside our existing SASE or secure web gateway?

Yes. AI data loss prevention can run as a focused GenAI and data control layer alongside the network and remote access design on our Network Security and SASE page. BTI will confirm how it fits the stack you already run.

Can policies differ by team or AI tool?

Yes. Policies can be applied by user, group, tool or risk so useful workflows stay available while sensitive data and higher-risk destinations stay constrained or blocked.

How do you handle autonomous AI agents?

BTI can help you discover and monitor agent activity, govern agent domains, retain agent conversations and activity for review, and control an agent's access to tools, APIs or applications under policy.

What gets logged for review?

Violation reports, AI conversations and agent activity can be retained for review, investigation and audit workflows. Retention length and access rules are set with you during design so privacy and investigation needs stay aligned.

Will this replace endpoint protection or MDR?

No. Endpoint tools watch devices. MDR and the 24/7 NOC/SOC investigate and respond. AI data loss prevention focuses on AI destinations, GenAI data loss controls and evidence. The layers work together.

Can our internal IT team stay involved?

Yes. Fully managed and co-managed options are available. Your team can keep day-to-day ownership of selected decisions while BTI deploys and manages the platform and supports policy changes.

How do we get started?

Book a free consultation. We review current AI use, data sensitivity and governance goals, then propose a discovery and pilot scope with clear next steps. There is no cost and no obligation for the consultation.

Related pages: Network Security and SASE, AI security governance, WISP, IR plans and GRC, 24/7 MDR, and the AI business opportunity assessment.

See which AI tools are already talking to your data

Book a free consultation with a BTI security engineer. We will map shadow AI risk, GenAI data loss controls and governance evidence for your environment, and show how AI data loss prevention fits alongside Network Security and SASE.

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