Shadow AI discovery
Shadow AI is the AI tools your people use without approval or oversight. HYDN discovers every AI platform in use across your organisation, sanctioned and unsanctioned, shows what data is flowing into them, and brings that usage into a monitored layer so data leakage, insider threat and policy violations show up before they become incidents.
What discovery covers
- AI discovery. A complete inventory of every AI platform in use across your organisation, sanctioned and unsanctioned, including the tools your security team doesn’t know about and the data flowing into them.
- Logging and controls. Turning on the native logging, audit trails and access controls that enterprise AI licences already include but rarely activate.
- Usage intelligence. Structured visibility into who uses which AI tools, how often and for what, fed to your SOC like any other data source, so you can control who can use which models and tools.
- Behaviour threat detection. Signals that flag data exfiltration through prompts, unusual access patterns and sensitive content moving through unauthorised tools.
The process
- Discovery. Map every platform in use and understand usage.
- Solution. Design a solution that makes sure every touch point is logging data.
- Implement. Build out the solution, integration points and reporting dashboards.
- BAU transition. Testing and handover to business-as-usual operations.
Read more on why shadow AI is a security risk.
Frequently asked questions
Can we just block AI tools?
New AI tools appear constantly and most need nothing more than a browser and a personal account. Blocking a list of domains misses most of them and pushes use further out of sight. Visibility comes first.
What does discovery produce?
A complete inventory of AI platforms in use, who uses them and how often, and what types of data are going into them, which becomes the basis for policy and controls.
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