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AI Security and AI Usage Controls

See every AI your people use. Secure every interaction.

Cybergen helps organisations adopt AI safely. We discover the AI tools, agents and coding assistants already in use, stop sensitive data leaking into them in real time, and give you the evidence to prove AI is under control, without slowing your people down.

75%of knowledge workers already use AI at work
78%of AI users bring their own AI tools to work

Source: Microsoft and LinkedIn, 2024 Work Trend Index.

Illustrative example of AI usage visibility and controls

ALIGNED TOOWASP LLM Top 10NIST AI RMFISO/IEC 42001EU AI ActUK GDPRISO 27001
The AI security problem

Your people are already using AI. What are they sharing?

Generative AI is now part of everyday work, with or without approval. Every prompt, upload and agent action is a new route for sensitive data to leave your organisation, and most security tools can't see it.

1 · THE AI THEY USE

Hundreds of AI tools

  • Chatbots and assistants
  • AI coding assistants
  • AI built into SaaS apps
  • Personal AI accounts
  • Autonomous AI agents
2 · WHAT THEY FEED IT

Your most sensitive data

  • Customer and employee PII
  • Source code and IP
  • Contracts and client files
  • Passwords and API keys
  • Financial and health records
3 · WHERE IT CAN END UP

Outside your control

  • Training third-party models
  • Servers in high-risk regions
  • Exposed in breaches and leaks
  • GDPR and contractual breaches
  • Actions taken by rogue agents

Blocking AI outright doesn't work: people simply move to personal devices. The answer is to make safe AI use the easy path.

AI security risks

The risks that keep security leaders up at night

Data leakage

Client files, personal data and source code pasted into public AI tools, where you can't control how they are stored or used.

Shadow AI

Unsanctioned browser tools, extensions and AI features inside SaaS apps that IT and security have never assessed.

Prompt injection

Hidden instructions in documents, web pages and emails that manipulate AI tools into leaking data or taking unwanted actions.

Rogue AI agents

Coding assistants and agents that run commands, read files and access data with more privilege than anyone intended.

Bias and profiling

AI used to make or support decisions about people without the oversight that UK GDPR and the EU AI Act expect.

Compliance and residency

Prompts and data processed outside the UK and EU, and no evidence to show auditors, customers or regulators what happened.

Our approach

Governing AI usage from four angles

Most AI controls look at one thing, usually the website. Cybergen looks at every AI interaction through four lenses and applies one policy across all of them, so decisions are precise rather than blunt.

01

The user

Who is prompting: their role, team and risk level.

RoleTeamRisk level
03

The application

Which AI tool is involved, and whether it is sanctioned, shadow or an autonomous agent.

SanctionedShadowAgent
Four lenses of AI usageCybergen applies one AI usage policy across the user, the data, the application and the interaction.01THE USERWho is prompting02THE DATAWhat is shared03THE APPWhich AI tool04THE INTERACTIONHow it is usedOne AI usagepolicyCYBERGEN
02

The data

What is being shared, from personal data and client information to source code.

PersonalClientCode
04

The interaction

How AI is being used: prompts, file uploads and actions taken by agents.

PromptsUploadsActions
Example policy:Engineering team+Approved coding assistant+Source code=Allowed and logged· everyone else:Blocked
How it works

Discover. Understand. Control. Prove.

A continuous cycle that turns AI from an unknown risk into a governed, measurable part of your business.

01

Discover

Find every AI tool in use, sanctioned or not.

  • Browser and desktop AI
  • AI inside SaaS apps
  • Coding assistants and agents
02

Understand

See what data is flowing into AI, in real time.

  • PII and client data
  • Source code and IP
  • Credentials and secrets
03

Control

Act at the moment of risk, not after it.

  • Allow, warn, redact or block
  • Policies by team and tool
  • In-the-moment user coaching
04

Prove

Show it's working to auditors and the board.

  • Immutable audit trail
  • Feeds into your SOC and SIEM
  • Framework-mapped reporting
Continuous: new AI tools and risks are discovered and governed as they appear
Inside every AI interaction

Sensitive data is stopped before it leaves

Each prompt, upload or agent action is captured at the point of use, inspected for sensitive data, checked against policy and acted on before anything reaches the AI.

How Cybergen secures each AI interactionAI interactions from browsers, desktop apps, coding assistants, SaaS, agents and uploads are captured, inspected for sensitive data, checked against policy and then allowed, warned, redacted or blocked, with every decision logged as evidence.SOURCESCAPTUREINSPECTDECIDEENFORCEBrowser AI toolsDesktop AI appsCoding assistantsAI inside SaaSAI agents and MCPFile uploadsCapturePrompt, uploador agent actionClassifyPII, code, clientdata, credentialsDecideUser · data ·app · interactionALLOWSafe use continuesWARNCoach the userREDACTStrip sensitive dataBLOCKStop it at entryPROVEEvery decision logged: audit trail · SOC and SIEM feed · board-level reporting · framework evidence

Only safe data reaches the AI. Every decision becomes evidence.

What it looks like

Clear controls your people actually understand

Instead of silent blocks and frustrated users, people see why something was stopped and what to do instead. Your security team sees everything.

The user is coached, not just stopped

Warnings and blocks explain the risk in plain English and point people to the approved alternative, so behaviour improves over time.

Policy by team, tool and data type

Allow AI where it adds value and tighten controls only where the risk is real, all managed centrally.

Evidence for auditors and the board

A complete, exportable record of AI activity and decisions, streamed into your SOC and mapped to the frameworks you report against.

Six essentials for securing AI

What effective AI security must deliver

Every Cybergen AI security design is tested against these six requirements. If a control can't meet them, we don't recommend it.

01

Beyond Copilot

One policy across every AI tool, including coding assistants and agents such as Claude Code and ChatGPT Codex, not just Microsoft 365 Copilot.

02

Block, don't just alert

Stop risky prompts at the point of entry, covering data leakage, profiling and bias risk, and prompt injection, rather than reporting them afterwards.

03

Per-team policy

Allow a tool for one team and block it elsewhere, enforced by the platform itself and covering web-based AI too.

04

Shadow AI discovery

Find unsanctioned browser AI tools, with detail down to the prompt and attachment, so nothing is hidden.

05

UK and EU data residency

Prompts and data stay in the UK or EU, and are never used to train models outside your own environment.

06

Rogue agent control

Log the commands, files and data that AI agents touch, and detect and contain actions that go beyond policy.

How Cybergen helps

AI security services, end to end

We combine our own CREST-accredited expertise with leading AI security technology, chosen because we know it works. We design it, deploy it, tune it and run it with you.

AI risk assessment

Find out how AI is really being used across your organisation before you set policy.

  • Discovery of sanctioned and shadow AI
  • Sensitive data exposure analysis
  • Executive briefing and risk report
  • Prioritised recommendations
Book an assessment

AI usage controls

Real-time controls across browsers, desktops, coding assistants and the network.

  • Allow, warn, redact and block
  • Per-team and per-tool policy
  • User coaching at the point of risk
  • UK and EU data residency

Secure AI access

Zero trust access to AI services, with inspection built into your secure access edge.

  • Visibility of AI traffic
  • Block high-risk AI destinations
  • Consistent control for remote staff
  • Integrated with your SASE strategy

AI governance and policy

Practical AI governance that people follow, mapped to the frameworks you report against.

  • AI acceptable use policy
  • ISO/IEC 42001 and EU AI Act readiness
  • NIST AI RMF alignment
  • Board and audit reporting

AI and LLM security testing

CREST-accredited testing of the AI applications and integrations you build or buy.

  • OWASP LLM Top 10 coverage
  • Prompt injection testing
  • Data leakage and excessive agency
  • Clear remediation guidance
CREST penetration testing

Managed AI security

Ongoing management of your AI controls, backed by 24/7 monitoring and response.

  • Policy tuning as AI evolves
  • AI events in your 24/7 MDR
  • Regular AI risk reviews
  • Incident response if things go wrong
24x7x365 MDR
What working with us looks like

From AI blind spot to AI under control

A phased rollout that delivers visibility quickly and avoids disrupting the people already getting value from AI.

PHASE 1 · ASSESS

See the real picture

We discover the AI tools in use and the data flowing into them, and brief your leadership on the risk.

PHASE 2 · DESIGN

Agree the policy

Together we decide what is approved, for whom and with which data, and map it to your frameworks.

PHASE 3 · DEPLOY

Monitor, then enforce

Controls go live in monitor mode first, then move to warn, redact and block once the impact is understood.

PHASE 4 · MANAGE

Prove and improve

Ongoing tuning, reporting and 24/7 monitoring as new AI tools and threats appear.

Built for every stakeholder

What AI security means for you

CISO AND SECURITY

Real-time protection

Visibility of every AI interaction, controls that act before data leaves, and alerts in the SOC you already run.

CIO AND IT

Safe enablement

Approve the AI tools people want, retire risky ones and consolidate licences, without becoming the department of no.

LEGAL, RISK AND DPO

Evidence and compliance

An auditable record of AI use mapped to UK GDPR, the EU AI Act and ISO/IEC 42001.

CEO AND BOARD

Confident adoption

Clear reporting on AI risk and value, so the business can move faster with AI, not slower.

AI security frameworks

Mapped to the standards you report against

FrameworkWhat it asks of youHow Cybergen helps
OWASP Top 10 for LLM ApplicationsProtect AI applications against risks such as prompt injection, sensitive information disclosure and excessive agency.CREST-accredited AI and LLM testing, plus controls that block injection and data leakage at the point of use.
NIST AI Risk Management FrameworkGovern, map, measure and manage AI risk across its lifecycle.AI risk assessment, risk register and governance model aligned to the framework's functions.
ISO/IEC 42001Run an AI management system with policies, controls and continual improvement.Readiness assessments, policy and control design, and evidence collection built on our ISO 27001 experience.
EU AI ActUnderstand your AI use, manage higher-risk systems and keep records.AI inventory, usage logging and oversight controls that support your compliance programme.
UK GDPRProtect personal data, including when it is processed by AI tools and suppliers.Real-time detection and redaction of personal data, UK and EU data residency, and audit trails for your DPO.
AI security FAQ

Your questions, answered

Can't see your question? Ask our team.

What is AI security?

AI security is the set of controls, policies and testing that let an organisation use artificial intelligence safely. It covers how employees use AI tools, what data is shared with them, the AI applications and agents you build or buy, and the evidence you need to show regulators, customers and your board that AI is under control.

What is shadow AI?

Shadow AI is any AI tool used at work without the approval or knowledge of IT and security, such as a personal chatbot account, a browser extension or an AI feature switched on inside a SaaS application. It creates blind spots where sensitive data can leave the organisation unseen.

Should we just block AI tools?

Blanket blocking rarely works. People move to personal devices and accounts, and the business loses the productivity benefits. Cybergen helps you allow AI safely: approved tools for the right teams, real-time warnings and redaction for risky prompts, and blocks only where the risk is unacceptable.

Can you control AI coding assistants and AI agents?

Yes. Our controls go beyond Microsoft 365 Copilot to cover coding assistants and agents such as Claude Code and ChatGPT Codex. We log the commands, files and data that agents touch, and help you detect and contain actions that fall outside policy.

Will prompts and data stay in the UK or EU?

Data residency is a core requirement in every Cybergen AI security design. We prioritise approaches where prompts and inspection data stay within the UK or EU, and where your data is never used to train models outside your own environment.

Which frameworks does AI security help with?

Cybergen maps your AI controls to the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, ISO/IEC 42001, the EU AI Act and UK GDPR, as well as ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials. That gives you audit-ready evidence rather than a policy document nobody follows.

How long does it take to get started?

Most organisations start with an AI risk assessment, which shows how AI is really being used and where the risks are. Controls can then be rolled out in monitor mode first, so you understand the impact before you enforce anything.

Can you test our own AI applications?

Yes. Our CREST-accredited testers assess AI-enabled applications and LLM integrations against the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, including prompt injection, insecure output handling, sensitive information disclosure and excessive agency.

AI risk assessment

Find out how AI is really being used

Start with a clear picture. Our AI risk assessment shows which AI tools your people use, what data is flowing into them and where your biggest risks are.

  1. Tell us about your organisationYour size, the AI tools you know about and your concerns.
  2. We assess your AI usageDiscovery of sanctioned and shadow AI, and the data involved.
  3. You get a clear planAn executive briefing and prioritised recommendations.
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