Generative AI Security: A Complete Guide to Visibility and Control

Why Generative AI Security Matters Now

The explosive adoption of generative AI, like ChatGPT, has dramatically reshaped the cybersecurity landscape. Alongside immense productivity gains, organizations face unprecedented data leakage incidents, often driven by poorly secured generative AI implementations. As AI-generated content increasingly involves sensitive business data, traditional data protection strategies fall short. 

What is Generative AI Security?

Generative AI security refers to protecting sensitive data, intellectual property (IP) and regulatory compliance when using generative AI tools such as large language models (LLMs). This type of security emphasizes safeguarding organizational data from risks associated with generative tools.

Below are a few examples of challenges related to using AI applications.

• Unmanaged shadow AI usage poses numerous risks to sensitive data
• Inconsistent or missing guardrails for AI innovation
• Lack of scalability with existing data security controls to private LLMs and Enterprise GenAI services
• Regulatory compliance obligations and data sovereignty extend to AI applications 

Visibility & Control: Forcepoint Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Deep-Dive

Forcepoint DSPM provides comprehensive visibility and control by discovering and classifying sensitive data with AI-powered precision to proactively prioritize and remediate data risk.

Below are a few benefits of Forcepoint DSPM.

• Improve Data Visibility: Gain complete visibility into data across both cloud and on-premises environment to track and manage sensitive data wherever it resides.
• Discover and Classify with AI: Utilize highly accurate AI Mesh technology for efficient and reliable data discovery and classification, reducing false positives and enhancing incident alert accuracy.
• Proactively Remediate Risk: Actionable insights enable you to manage permissions, move misplaced data and address data sovereignty, access and duplicate or ROT data issues.
• Automate Compliance Management: Simplify compliance processes with automation to ensure consistent and continuous alignment with evolving regulations, reducing manual effort. 

Prevent Data Loss: Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to Secure GenAI Tools

Complementing DSPM’s visibility and control, Forcepoint DLP helps establish security measures for generative AI. 

Secure GenAI Tools
With Forcepoint DLP, organizations can control how sensitive data is shared with ChatGPT and other generative AI platforms, allowing organizations to embrace AI transformation while preventing unauthorized data exposure and maintaining compliance.
Below are a few more benefits of Forcepoint DLP.

• Prevent Data Loss Anywhere: Monitor and block security incidents in real time wherever users interact with data.
• Streamline Compliance Worldwide: Streamline policy0 configuration and management with 1,700+ classifiers and policy templates to identify and secure PII and PHI.
• Adapt to Risk in Real Time: Contextualize user behavior to forecast risk and automatically adjust policies to prevent security incidents before they happen.
• Unify Configuration and Reporting: Create, manage and report on policies for cloud, web, email and endpoint from one platform and dashboard. 

Building a Generative AI Security Program

Below are steps that organizations may consider when building a GenAI security program. Keep in mind that these steps act as an example, and actual steps may differ by organization depending on specific needs and other factors.
 

Step 1: Discovery & Classify Data

• Discover and categorize sensitive data across your digital environment to establish a clear baseline.
   

Step 2: Define Acceptable Use Policies

• Craft clear, enforceable policies governing generative AI usage, leveraging DLP templates to simplify policy creation.
   

Step 3: Continuous Monitoring & Incident Response

• Implement monitoring to swiftly identify and remediate data risks associated with generative AI activities. 

What’s Next for GenAI Security?

As generative AI evolves, Forcepoint is here to help organizations securely enable AI by helping manage shadow AI, protect data and monitor access. 

Learn More About Forcepoint’s Solutions to Help Securely Enable AI

Generative AI’s immense potential comes paired with substantial security risks. Forcepoint DSPM and DLP can help equip organizations to manage GenAI risks.

Ready to strengthen your generative AI security posture? Learn more about securely enabling AI with Forcepoint.