GenAI security tools are cybersecurity technologies that help organizations to govern the use of generative AI in the enterprise.
Why it matters: The generative AI genie is well and truly out of the bottle. But 58% of CISOs believe that the risks of AI outweigh the potential benefits.
- The most commonly-cited risk for organizations is employees uploading sensitive data to AI chatbots, such as M&A documents, personal customer information, and proprietary data.
- For example, Samsung discovered software source code had been uploaded to ChatGPT by an engineer, leading to them banning the use of generative AI tools.
Over the past 18 months, several cybersecurity vendors have launched security tools aiming to govern the usage of generative AI technologies.
- Many sit in the data loss prevention (DLP) space. They use employee monitoring technologies to prevent users from accessing and leaking sensitive data. They can also block access to generative AI websites
In this article, we’ll outline a shortlist of the 10 GenAI security solutions, based on our own independent assessment of their capabilities.
Important note: This is a very hot topic in the cybersecurity industry and there is likely to be a large number of providers looking to capitalize on this emerging market. Use cases are likely to shift over time as new GenAI use cases come to market.
We highly recommend that all organizations consider their broader cybersecurity strategy before investing in a point solution around generative AI technologies.