The Top 11 GenAI Security Solutions

LayerX offers an enterprise browser security solution that provides real-time visibility into user activities and protects against browser risks.

How it works: LayerX  blocks access to malicious webpages via isolation and can prevent users from uploading sensitive content, per admin-configured policies. The solution is deployed as a browser extension with support for all major browsers.

LayerX has a dedicated set of use cases to support GenAI governance and it’s a common use case for purchasing the platform. Capabilities include:

• Map sensitive data, such as source code, business plans, or IP in order to enforce dedicated policies for ChatGPT and other GenAI apps. This is not a DLP tool but does offer DLP-like capabilities.
• Configure web-based controls that trigger specific actions when a user accesses a GenAI website, e.g., place a pop-up warning when a user visits ChatGPT, or block access altogether.

• Enforce granular actions within the website browser itself. For example, you can block copy and paste options for your defined data types, ensuring security without impacting the user workflow.

The bottom line: LayerX takes a different approach to other vendors on this list by focusing on the browser as a way to secure the flow of sensitive data into generative AI applications. It’s a comprehensive web security platform, and the extension-based platform means it’s easy to deploy and doesn’t impact the end user experience.

• LayerX was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. The company has raised $28m USD in Series A funding as of 2024.

Strac is a data discovery and protection solution that is optimised for cloud, SaaS, GenAI, and Endpoints. It allows you to scan current and historical data to give you accurate insights into risks and vulnerabilities.

How it works: The solution will continuously scan sensitive data to ensure that you remain compliant and that any issues are quickly identified

• In-built compliance with PCI, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and others.
• Broad range of sensitive data types protected, including: PCI, PII, PHI, Source Code and IP.
• Effective at identifying sensitive data even in unstructured formats such as pdf, jpeg, png, xlsx, docx, and zip.
• Range of remediation actions on offer, including: redaction, masking, blocking, alerting, deletion, and encryption.
• Deep integration with SaaS apps including Slack, Zendesk, Teams, Salesforce, Jira, as well as Cloud apps on AWS and Azure.

The bottom line: Strac is a versatile and proactive data protection solution. The new company is continually updating and improving features, ensuring that the UX only gets better. Its broad number of integrations, data types, and remediation actions make Strac a useful solution that covers a lot of bases. We would recommend Strac for midmarket and enterprise organizations.

Harmonic Security is a startup data security company with a dedicated solution for protecting sensitive data in the era of GenAI.

How it works: Harmonic provides visibility into AI adoption across the enterprise. Its set of pre-trained LLMs enables organizations to define sensitive information in natural language prompts, without the need for complex policy enforcement.

• Tracks GenAI adoption with visibility for 6000+ AI apps. It also tracks other shadow IT applications and monitors third party companies using your data for AI training.
• Protects against data loss by automatically preventing leakage of sensitive data and intellectual property in GenAI web interfaces, without requiring you to build out complex policies or label data.
• Trains end users with targeted, effective training about the risks of GenAI applications to improve data behaviors. Slack & security awareness training integrations help align training.

The bottom line: Harmonic offers an innovative solution specifically for GenAI use cases. It’s easy-to-use, with natural language prompts used in place of configuring policies or labelling data.

• Harmonic Security was launched in 2023 by former founders of Digital Shadows (acquired by ReliaQuest). The company was a runner up in the 2024 RSAC Innovation Sandbox.

Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange (ZTE) is an enterprise zero trust platform that enables secure remote access for all users, workloads, IoT devices and business partners.

How it works: ZTE verifies user identities, assesses risks, and enforces policy-based controls before enabling users to connect to a workload, device, or application.

With ZTE you can build and enforce policies governing how users can interact with GenAI platforms to protect sensitive data.

• A specific policy engine governs web-based AI applications. These sites can be blocked, or warnings can be activated alerting users to potential risks.
• Granular controls for ChatGPT Cloud Applications specifically, to prevent accidental sharing of data.
• A full suite of cloud DLP controls prevent data loss in all applications, including AI tools.
• Browser isolation allows users to write prompts in the generative AI interface but prevents them from pasting or uploading content.
• Detailed reports and logs outline which teams are using AI, and any data and prompts being used in AI tools.

The bottom line: Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange offers a powerful platform for zero trust network access across the enterprise. Governing GenAI usage is just one component of this platform, but it does offer a powerful suite of tools to protect organizations against harmful activity related to generative AI.

• Zscaler operates the world’s largest inline security cloud and is a market leader in the zero trust space, securing over 40% of the Fortune 500.

Proofpoint offers an enterprise DLP platform integrated into its endpoint, cloud, and email protection solutions.

How it works: Proofpoint identifies sensitive data and analyzes user behavior to help organizations catch attempts to save or leak that data.

Proofpoint allows you to configure granular policies to govern access to GenAI tools based on user behavior and content inputs. Features include:

• Allows & blocks access to ChatGPT and Google Gemini based on employee behavior and content inputs.
• Identifies sensitive data using advanced data classifiers to prevent sensitive data uploads and IP theft.
• Blocks uploading of source code files and the pasting of corporate data into generative AI chatbots.
• Detailed analytics and overview of users, including high-risk user groups.

The bottom line: Proofpoint DLP Transform is a leading platform for enterprise DLP with a comprehensive solution for managing GenAI usage policies. The platform is built on cloud-native architecture, enabling straightforward deployment and management.

• Proofpoint is a leading provider of enterprise email security solutions and is best known for their “human-centric” email security platform, used by 87 of the Fortune 100.

PANW AI Access Security is a cloud-based solution dedicated to monitoring the adoption and usage of GenAI applications, and continuously monitoring AI risk.  This solution is delivered as an extension of PANW’s enterprise data security solution.

How it works: The platform allows admins to govern AI usage, monitors content in real-time with centralized policy enforcement controls, and blocks harmful content in real-time.

• Controls access to over 600 GenAI apps, with risk assessments based on compliance checks and more.
• Classifies data based on over 300 classifiers to detect and prevent sensitive text and files from being upload to GenAI Chatbots.
• Detect and prevent unauthorized AI usage at a granular level based on user risk scores. Extensive user-level reports are available for admins.
• Monitor user uploads and track where sensitive data is moved across corporate applications. Notify end users via Slack, Teams and email if they try to violate company policies.
• PANW firewall tools block malicious files and URLs sent via GenAI chatbots.
• Integrates directly with OpenAI via API to scan data at rest in ChatGPT Enterprise. This includes custom GPTs. 

The bottom line: PANW offers a granular solution with extensive DLP support and threat protection capabilities, as well as API-based integrations with AI platforms. As the platform leverages PANWs’ NFGW or Prisma Access solutions, it’s best suited for current PANW customers. 

• Palo Alto Networks is one of the world’s largest global cybersecurity companies, protecting over 80,000 enterprise customers and securing billions of people globally.

Next DLP’s Reveal Platform is an enterprise DLP solution that enforces data controls for endpoints, mobile devices, and cloud apps.

How it works: The platform uses machine learning, event enrichment, and anomaly detection engines to identify and classify sensitive data. It conducts individual user monitoring and classifies data as it is used, reducing the need for complex admin policies.

Next DLP offers several features that allow IT teams to manage the use of GenAI applications, including:

• Generative AI policy templates for AI apps including ChatGPT, Gemini, Dall.E, and more to prevent data exfiltration and prevent risky behavior.
• Enhanced monitoring for employees using popular GenAI tools, including policies for detecting sensitive information such as internal project names in GenAI conversations.
• Clipboard controls to prevent the copy/paste of sensitive content in the browser.
• Incident-based training for employees around the potential risks of GenAI applications.

The bottom line: Next DLP offers a comprehensive data security platform focusing on ease of use, insider risk, and user behavior monitoring. It’s a strong choice for organizations looking to invest in a DLP platform with GenAI governance capabilities.

• Next DLP has been acquired by Fortinet, a cybersecurity vendor with a leading SASE platform. It’s likely Next DLP tech will be integrated into the wider Fortinet infrastructure.

Forcepoint One (FONE) is a cloud-based Security Service Edge (SSE) platformthat provides a suite of integrated security services that secure access to websites and applications.

How it works: FONE combines multiple security capabilities. It features a cloud access security broker, which provides secure access to cloud apps. It has a fully integrated data security (DLP) platform for cloud, web, private apps, and endpoint devices. Finally, it offers a robust ZTNA service, which ensures secure access to private apps and clouds for all users.

Forcepoint One Data Security and Forcepoint One ZTNA can be used to build a robust set of security controls governing how users can interact with GenAI applications. Features include:

• Data security posture management controls that provide comprehensive visibility over all of the sensitive data in your organization and where it is being used in GenAI applications . Includes over 1700+ data classifiers for fine control.
• Enforceable security policies that prevent users sharing and uploading data to GenAI applications. Includes copy/paste controls.
• Zero Trust Network Access controls for cloud- and web-based GenAI applications, with visibility over data shared from users to applications. Limit access based on groups and devices or allow only controlled GenAI apps.

The bottom line: Forcepoint offers a leading SSE platform. The advantage of this service is the combination of DLP and ZTNA controls, which allows you to control both the data shared with and access to GenAI applications for all users and devices. This is an enterprise platform, and GenAI controls are just one use case of the suite. We recommend FONE for teams already considering investment in an SSE platform.

• Forcepoint is a market leader in the cybersecurity market with over 14,000 customers globally.

Darktrace’s ActiveAI Security Platform utilizes AI to provide visibility into security posture, detect risks in real-time, and provide automated responses to known and unknown threats.

How it works: Darktrace monitors all network traffic and uses machine learning models to detect anomalous behavior. This allows it to detect threats in real time and shut them down with autonomous responses. Darktrace offers products for email, identity, cloud, network, and endpoint threats.

Darktrace launched risk and compliance models specifically governing GenAI use cases in June 2023. These capabilities allow users to monitor and respond to activity in GenAI apps.

• Provides visibility across the network with a self-learning AI that picks up usual behavior and flags suspicious activity that may indicate a data loss incident in GenAI applications.
• Internal AI security for organizations looking to build their own custom AI apps either for internal or public use. Darktrace can help you to ensure deployments are secure and minimize the risk of vulnerabilities with increased data collection.
• Enforce usage policies around employees’ use of external GenAI applications, with risk and compliance monitoring for AI tools. Darktrace detects when employees use AI tools and allows admins to monitor behavior and enforce policies – including the option to block access to groups of users.

The bottom line: Darktrace’s ActiveAI Security Platform is a strong solution for governing GenAI use cases, with extended visibility and autonomous responses to potential security incidents. A strong advantage is its coverage for custom AI applications, which minimizes the risks of security breaches for self-built GenAI apps.

• Darktrace is a public company (DARK.L) headquartered in Cambridge, UK. They protect over 9,000 organizations globally.

Cisco Secure Access is a cloud-based SSE solution that securely connects any user to any application, provides a central management console for security teams, and enforces data security controls across the enterprise.

How it works: Cisco Secure Access combines multiple security technologies into a single console. This includes ZTNA to enable secure access to apps, a secure web gateway, a CASB for discovering cloud apps and enforcing DLP policies, and an integrated firewall service.

Several capabilities of Cisco Secure Access can be used to build out comprehensive admin policies for governing GenAI usage. These include:

• GenAI Application discovery that provides a risk breakdown, monitors usage, and identifies top users of these applications across the business.
• Internet access and web filtering policies to block or allow access to GenAI sites. Admins can also only allow access to pre-approved corporate GenAI URLs.
• DLP policies manage the use of sensitive data within GenAI apps. You can implement policies, classify data ,and block/allow specific actions and destinations.
• Code controls prevent users from downloading ChatGPT-generated code and ensure no AI-generated code is uploaded to your code repository. You can also block upload of your proprietary code.

The bottom line: Cisco offers a comprehensive solution for governing GenAI use. A key benefit of this solution is that it tackles the problem from multiple angles; it uses web filtering, app discovery, and data loss protection controls to provide multi-layered control for GenAI use. Cisco Secure Access is an enterprise focused network security tool – and as with several other vendors on this list, GenAI is just one use case.

• Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is a technology giant with over 71,000 employees worldwide. The company provides networking, telephony, storage, and security solutions.

Antimatter is an innovative data security tool that sits between data and applications –  including GenAI applications – and ensures that permissions and polices are enforced as data is shared.

How it works: First, teams connect their data sources. Supported apps include Zendesk, Hubspot, and SharePoint. Antimatter then pulls in all permissions from these apps, and uses this to map onto new applications, ensuring data is kept secure however it is used, according to company policies. Admins can view all data usage in the admin console.

Antimatter provides several features to govern GenAI usage, including:

• Identification and redaction of sensitive data such as PII using LLMs, so it cannot be uploaded to GenAI tools.
• Secures internal GenAI apps with access permissions. For example, if you build a knowledge base chatbot, employees will only be able to view answers based on information they have already got permissions to access.
• Admins get full visibility over where sensitive data has been viewed, accessed, requested and redacted.

The bottom line: Antimatter is an innovative startup. The platform helps you to quickly and seamlessly roll out GenAI protection by mapping existing application permissions across new use cases.

• Antimatter is a startup headquartered in San Francisco and founded in 2022. They have had $12m USD investment and were a runner up in the 2024 RSAC Innovation Sandbox.