SANTA CLARA, Calif. – June 20, 2023 – Netskope, the leader in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), today announced a comprehensive data protection solution that enables businesses to securely manage employee use of ChatGPT and other generative AI applications such as Google Bard and Jasper announced the general availability of As part of its award-winning Intelligent Security Service Edge (SSE) platform and 10-year commitment to data security innovation, Netskope now offers unique, patented data protection technology not found in any other vendor’s SSE. , successfully enabling the safe use of generative AI. platform.
Following the generative AI breach of sensitive data in 2023, many companies are now wondering if and how these applications can be safely enabled to support AI innovation without jeopardizing their business. are prioritized. According to Netskope research, currently [1]:
- About 10% of enterprise organizations actively block their teams from using ChatGPT.
- ChatGPT adoption is growing exponentially within enterprises and is currently growing at a rate of 25% month-over-month.
- About 1 in 100 enterprise employees actively use ChatGPT every day, and each user sends an average of 8 prompts per day.
To meet this challenge, Netskope Intelligent SSE combines long-standing industry-recognized Netskope data protection capabilities with newly released innovations specifically for classifying and dynamically controlling the secure use of generative AI applications. are combined. These are now available to Netskope customers as integrated solutions offered by Netskope and its network of channel partners. (Click to get started quickly: http://netskope.com/chatgpt)
“Businesses today decide whether to block access to ChatGPT and other generative AI apps to reduce security risks, or allow their use and enjoy the efficiencies and other benefits these apps bring. Ultimately, advanced data is required to safely enable these apps.”The protection challenge is uniquely positioned for one to be solved by Netskope,” Netskope co-founder Director and Chief Technology Officer Krishna Narayanaswamy said. “Netskope helps all organizations encourage responsible use of these increasingly popular applications with the right data protection controls to help keep their businesses safe and productive. .”
As part of Intelligent SSE, Netskope Zero Trust Engine capabilities for securely enabling generative AI applications include:
Comprehensive visibility into application usage
- Instantly access specific ChatGPT usage and trends within your organization through the industry’s broadest SaaS discovery (using a dynamic database of 60,000+ applications) and advanced analytics dashboards
- Best-in-class Cloud Confidence Index™ (CCI) that proactively classifies new generative AI applications and rates risk accordingly
- Deep context and instance awareness with patented Cloud XD™ inspection. Identify access levels and data flow through application accounts, such as corporate and personal accounts.
- Visibility through a new web category created specifically to identify generative AI domains, enabling teams to configure access control and real-time protection policies to manage traffic dedicated to generative AI applications
Advanced application access control
- Ability to dynamically exercise fine-grained access to ChatGPT and other generative AI applications
- Visual coaching messages that warn users of potential data breaches and other risks in real-time whenever they access a generated AI application. Promote responsible use of generative AI applications and train employees in real time without stopping harmless queries.
Advanced data protection
- Ability to monitor, allow, or block sensitive company data (such as source code) from being posted to AI chatbots
- Use advanced data classifiers and ML-based detection to support regulatory compliance needs such as GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA.
Top performing security services
- with SSE service With NewEdge, the world’s largest security private cloud presence, with data centers in more than 65 regions worldwide, Netskope offers customers unparalleled service coverage, performance and resilience.
The History and Tradition of AI/ML Innovation in Data Protection and Beyond
Since its founding in 2012, Netskope has consistently been lauded for its advanced data protection capabilities and the use of AI and machine learning (ML) innovations in its platform. These innovations include data security, embedded UEBA, threat protection, IoT security, borderless SD-WAN, AIOps and other areas, personally identifiable information (PII) image classification, whiteboard image detection, sensitive document classification, Includes advanced techniques for IoT device discovery. , WAN access anomaly detection, encrypted file detection, and many other important use cases.
In addition, Netskope AI Lab is a recognized authority on solving security and fraud problems by using AI/ML responsibly in various domains and developing large-scale AI/ML models for real-time SSE and SASE use cases. I’m here. The Netskope team also includes inventors on hundreds of patents worldwide.
“As a leader in the transformation of network, cloud and data security, Netskope is committed to the responsible use of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Academia, thought leaders, governments alike, we work together in ways that benefit our customers, partners, employees, and their families without harming them,” said Dr. Yihua Liao, Director of Netskope AI Labs. said. “Netskope AI Labs is a key component of innovation in Netskope products and services. It helps drive generative AI applications and other compelling use cases.”
Among recent accolades, Netskope has A leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge and the only SSE leader to also rank as the #3 highest-scoring vendor for all companion use cases Key features of SSE report. These use cases include “identifying and protecting sensitive information,” a data protection category in which Netskope scored the highest among his SSE vendors.
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