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AI Risk Governance Program

Stand up the governance stack your workforce already needs.

Mid-market enterprises are losing visibility over AI tool usage faster than they can govern it. Shadow ChatGPT accounts, secrets pasted into copilots, and agentic tools touching production data. We deploy and configure the AI governance stack that gives you visibility, policy enforcement, and a defensible reporting line back to leadership. Vendor-neutral selection, hardened deployment, policy framework aligned to NIST AI RMF, and the runbook your team operates after we leave.

◆ Why This Matters Now

The Risk Surface Every CISO Is Being Asked About in 2026.

Workforce Adoption Outpaces Policy
By the time most CISOs run their first AI discovery scan, the answer is the same: two-thirds of the workforce is already using public AI tools. ChatGPT, consumer Copilot, Claude, Gemini. No policy. No training. No controls. No telemetry on what data is leaving.
Regulators Caught Up
NIST AI RMF 1.0. EU AI Act enforcement. State privacy laws expanding to AI-specific disclosures. Insurance carriers asking for AI governance evidence on cyber renewals. The compliance window for "we'll get to it" closed.
Existing DLP Cannot See It
Traditional DLP operates at the network and file system layer. Browser-based AI tools paste data through encrypted sessions that legacy controls cannot inspect. CrowdStrike Falcon Data Protection and Microsoft Purview Endpoint DLP can — if they are licensed and configured. Most aren't.
◆ The Landscape

Vendor-Neutral Selection Across the AI DLP Market.

We have hands-on experience deploying every major AI governance platform. The right fit depends on your existing stack, licensing, regulatory exposure, and deployment constraints. We do not resell. We do not have quota. We recommend what fits.

Microsoft Purview Endpoint DLP
Native fit for Microsoft E5 environments. Configuration-heavy, included in existing licensing.
Defender for Cloud Apps (MCAS)
Session-level controls and shadow IT discovery. Strongest paired with Entra Conditional Access.
Nightfall AI
API-first DLP with strong AI-native classifiers. Fast to deploy, good fit for SaaS-heavy stacks.
LayerX
Browser-extension architecture purpose-built for generative AI traffic. Inspects what endpoint agents cannot.
Strac
Discovery and redaction across SaaS and AI tools. Strong for regulated data classes (PHI, PCI, PII).
Endpoint Protector
Cross-platform endpoint DLP for mixed Mac/Windows/Linux fleets. Practical fit outside the Microsoft estate.

These are capable products. The gap is not the tool. The gap is the program around it: the discovery, the selection, the hardening, the policy framework, and the runbook your team operates after we leave.

◆ The Workstreams

What We Build in a Standard Engagement.

01

Shadow AI Discovery

Comprehensive discovery of AI tool usage across your environment. Pulls from EDR (Defender, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne), firewall logs, proxy logs, and identity logs. Output: ranked list of AI tools in use, top users by volume, deployment patterns, and a Day 1 report you can hand to leadership the same week we start.

02

Vendor Selection and Architecture

Vendor-neutral evaluation matrix tailored to your environment. We score Microsoft Purview, Nightfall, LayerX, Strac, Endpoint Protector, and any others relevant against your specific licensing, deployment model, regulatory exposure, and integration requirements. Output: scored recommendation with deployment architecture diagram.

03

Hardened Deployment

Production-grade deployment of the selected platform. Intune push for endpoint agents. Browser extension deployment via Edge for Business or Chrome Enterprise. Policy configuration tuned to your data classes, not vendor defaults. SIEM integration with Sumo Logic, Splunk, or Sentinel. Test users validated before broad rollout.

04

Policy Framework

AI Acceptable Use Policy aligned to NIST AI RMF 1.0. Tiered controls by role and data sensitivity. Sanctioned tool list with rationale. Incident response runbook for AI data exposure events. Training material your team can deliver. Every clause traceable to a published standard.

05

Operational Handoff

Tuning and handoff to your team. Detection rule tuning for false positives. Reporting dashboards for the CISO and the board. Quarterly governance review template. Knowledge transfer with your security operations team. We do not become a permanent dependency.

◆ Pricing

Three Tiers. Fixed-Scope Consulting. Not a Subscription.

Express
$25,000
30 days. For organizations under 1,000 employees. Includes shadow AI discovery, single-vendor DLP deployment (Microsoft Purview or one alternative), basic policy framework, user awareness training, and handoff documentation. Best for SMB and growth-stage organizations needing fast coverage.
Standard · Most Popular
$60,000
60 days. For mid-market organizations (1,000–10,000 employees). Everything in Express, plus multi-source discovery, vendor evaluation matrix, tiered role-based policies, SIEM integration, M365 Copilot enablement playbook, custom detection patterns, incident response runbook, and 30-day post-deployment tuning.
Enterprise
Starting at $125,000
90+ days. For 10,000+ employee organizations and regulated verticals. Everything in Standard, plus custom detection model tuning, air-gapped or in-tenant deployment, multi-region rollout, GRC platform integration, compliance mapping (PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, EU AI Act, state privacy laws), tabletop exercises with leadership, and quarterly governance reviews for 12 months post-deployment.
◆ Recent Engagement

Proof Point

Shadow AI Audit at a 25,000-Employee Enterprise

A read-only audit across a multi-state enterprise revealed 3,000 ChatGPT users (12% of workforce), 12,000 consumer Copilot users (48% of workforce), and 250 Claude users — all with zero existing AI policy or controls. Capability gap analysis surfaced missing Purview Endpoint DLP and MCAS session controls despite full Microsoft E5 licensing. Findings delivered to the CISO with policy framework, DLP deployment roadmap, and three-vendor evaluation matrix in 5 business days. Engagement now in flight toward Standard tier deployment.

25K
Employees in Scope
~15,000
Shadow AI Users Identified
0
Existing AI Controls
5
Business Days to Report

Ready to Govern AI Risk.

Tell us about your environment and what your leadership is asking for. We will come back with a scope, a timeline, and a fixed fee.

Schedule a Consultation Or start with a Shadow AI Discovery Scan ($2,500)