Netskope has announced the general availability of 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.
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. Netskope currently detects:
- 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 Netskope data protection capabilities with newly released innovations specifically for classifying and dynamically controlling the secure use of generative AI applications. These are offered to his Netskope customers as integrated solutions offered by Netskope and its network of channel partners.
Krishna Narayanaswamy, co-founder and chief technology officer of Netskope, commented: “Businesses today have a choice between blocking access to his ChatGPT and other generative AI apps to reduce security risks, or allowing their use and enjoying the efficiency and other benefits of these apps. I am forced to make a decision.
“Enabling these apps securely is ultimately a high-level data protection challenge that Netskope is uniquely positioned to solve. We help all organizations put in place appropriate data protection controls and encourage responsible use of these increasingly popular applications.”
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 extensive SaaS discovery (using a dynamic database of 60,000+ applications) and advanced analytics dashboards
- Best-in-class Cloud Confidence Index (CCI) to proactively classify new generative AI applications and assess 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 monitor, allow, or block sensitive company data (such as source code) from being posted to AI chatbots
- Encourage responsible use of generative AI applications without stopping harmless queries, with visual coaching messages that warn users in real-time of potential data leaks and other risks whenever they access generative AI applications, Train your employees in real time
Advanced data protection
- Ability to monitor and allow or block posts and file uploads 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 service
- Netskope will provide customers with enhanced service coverage, performance and resilience with its SSE service powered by NewEdge, a security private cloud presence with data centers in over 65 regions around the world.
Dr. Yihua Liao, Director of Netskope AI Labs, commented: “Netskope is committed to the responsible use of artificial intelligence and machine learning as a leader in transforming network, cloud and data security.
“We stand with our peers, academia, thought leaders, and governments alike to safely guide AI/ML efforts in ways that benefit and do no harm to our customers, partners, employees, and their families. are cooperating with
“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.”
