SHADOW AI & SHADOW IT GOVERNANCE
See the invisible. Govern the AI your company already uses.
Your people already use public models every day. SEAX maps unsanctioned AI applications, masks confidential data before it reaches an external model and moves teams to a corporate environment governed by the Enterprise Harness.
Shadow AI Discovery Hub
Illustrative example
- AI tools
- Continuous inventory
- Prompts
- Inspected before sending
- Sensitive data
- Masked at the source
- 09:41 PROTECTED
Public AI assistant
Prompt containing a production API key
Credential masked before sending. Event logged for Security.
- 10:02 REDIRECTED
Unsanctioned public model
Access from the corporate network
Session forwarded with the employee identity.
Redirecting to the SEAX corporate environment
- 10:17 DETECTED
AI browser extension
Installed on sales team workstations
Added to the inventory and sent to IT for approval.
- 10:26 PROTECTED
Script calling an LLM API
Proprietary code in the context
Code masked according to policy. Owner notified.
Shadow AI is the use of artificial intelligence tools without IT approval: public assistants, browser extensions, API calls and agents built on the side. The SEAX Shadow AI solution discovers that use, protects the data flowing through it and offers a governed corporate alternative.
THREE PILLARS
From hidden risk to safe, governed use.
Banning AI does not remove Shadow AI, it only hides it. SEAX makes use visible, protects data along the way and delivers an alternative better than the unofficial one.
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Active discovery and continuous inventory
Mapping of extensions, SaaS services, endpoints and AI API calls used without IT approval, with the owner, team and risk of each tool.
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Real-time guardrails and DLP
Pre-execution context inspection: personal data, trade secrets, credentials and proprietary code are masked or blocked before reaching any LLM.
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Safe adoption without blocking innovation
Instead of only banning AI, SEAX delivers an official alternative with role-based permissions (RBAC), identity, audit and traceability of every use.
FROM DISCOVERY TO CONTROL
Four steps, one continuous cycle.
Shadow AI governance is ongoing: every new tool follows the same path, from discovery to the official alternative.
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Discover
Company telemetry sources reveal which AI tools are in use, by whom and with which data.
- 02
Classify
Each tool gets a risk assessment by data type, team and purpose, with a decision to approve, restrict or replace.
- 03
Protect
Policies applied before sending mask or block sensitive data and log every decision.
- 04
Govern
Teams move to the official environment on the Enterprise Harness, and Security and Compliance follow everything in reports.
Discovery coverage depends on the telemetry sources the company already has, such as proxy, DNS, SSO, CASB and endpoint management. The assessment defines which sources exist and what can be covered from day one.
FAQ
What CIOs and CISOs ask.
Do we need to block public AI?
Not necessarily. A plain ban pushes use into even less visible channels. The SEAX approach is to make use visible, protect data along the way and offer an official alternative that is more useful than the unofficial tool.
Where does tool discovery come from?
From telemetry sources the company already runs, such as web proxy and gateway, DNS, SSO logs, CASB, endpoint management and extension inventory. The assessment maps those sources and defines the possible coverage.
What happens to sensitive data in a prompt?
The content is inspected before sending. Personal data, credentials, secrets and proprietary code are masked or blocked according to policy, and the event is logged with user, tool and decision.
How does this relate to the Enterprise Harness?
The official alternative runs on the Enterprise Harness. It inherits identity, policies, authorized tools and audit trail, the same rules that apply to the company agents.
Where do we start?
With the Shadow AI assessment: a session to map telemetry sources, estimate current AI use and design the path to control.
Want to know how much Shadow AI is in your operation today?
The assessment maps the available sources, current AI use and the most urgent risks, and points to where to start.