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Techday NZ
17-06-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Varonis boosts ChatGPT Enterprise security with compliance tools
Varonis has announced the integration of its Data Security Platform with the OpenAI ChatGPT Enterprise Compliance API, aiming to provide enhanced data protection and compliance monitoring for enterprise users of ChatGPT. The integration is designed to help organisations using ChatGPT Enterprise automatically identify sensitive data uploads, monitor the content of prompts and responses, and mitigate the risks of data breaches and compliance violations. ChatGPT Enterprise currently serves over 3 million business users, offering productivity tools that are enhanced by access to organisational data. As these AI models become more embedded in daily workflows, maintaining strict data governance becomes increasingly important for companies managing sensitive or regulated information. Expanded security measures The Varonis integration is intended to offer added protection against risks such as compromised accounts, insider threats, and accidental misuse, all of which can result in data security problems or regulatory penalties. The platform supports ongoing adjustment of user permissions and continuously monitors interactions within ChatGPT to limit unnecessary data flows and alert security teams to potentially risky or abnormal behaviours. "ChatGPT is becoming a critical part of how modern teams work. With Varonis, security teams can embrace this shift without losing visibility or control over their sensitive data," said Varonis EVP of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer David Bass. Through its partnership with OpenAI, Varonis delivers both automated security protocols and 24/7 data monitoring, allowing organisations to adopt artificial intelligence-based solutions while maintaining their obligations around privacy and data protection. Key functions The new offering brings several technical capabilities with a focus on automation and real-time oversight. Automated data classification allows Varonis to detect and label sensitive materials that are either uploaded to or generated by ChatGPT Enterprise. Continuous session monitoring ensures that any prompt or response within the ChatGPT environment is reviewed for compliance, preventing inappropriate or risky data from being uploaded or shared inadvertently. The platform also uses behaviour-based threat detection to flag unusual activity, such as large-scale file uploads or unauthorised changes to administrative access, which could indicate a potential breach. Focus on compliance and privacy The integration is positioned to offer both preventative and detective controls for AI-powered environments. These measures aim to ensure that users maximise the operational value of AI tools, such as ChatGPT, while minimising the risks associated with data exposure. The Varonis solution is described as complementing existing OpenAI security and privacy controls, rather than replacing them. This approach enables organisations to deploy generative AI models more confidently, even in regulated sectors or areas handling highly confidential information. Availability and assessment Customers will have access to Varonis for ChatGPT Enterprise in a private preview phase. As part of this launch, organisations can request a Varonis Data Risk Assessment, which reviews current practices and assesses an organisation's readiness for adopting AI in a secure and compliant way. Varonis continues to develop its portfolio of integrations and security tools as part of its core offering. The Data Security Platform sees application across numerous cloud environments, with a focus on automating security outcomes, data detection and response, data loss prevention, and insider risk management.
Techday NZ
29-04-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Varonis unveils AI Shield to defend sensitive data in real time
Varonis has introduced AI Shield, a product designed to provide persistent AI risk defence for data security by monitoring and remediating data exposure in real time. AI Shield operates by continuously analysing an organisation's AI security environment, observing interactions between AI systems and data, and dynamically regulating data permissions to prevent the exposure of sensitive information resulting from inadequate data security practices. The solution leverages Varonis' patented permissions analysis algorithms, which take into account factors such as data sensitivity, data staleness, user profiles, and more, to determine contextually which data should be restricted from AI access. This approach is intended to protect organisations even when they have not properly configured access controls. David Bass, Executive Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer at Varonis, highlighted the complexity introduced by the prevalence of AI in data security. He said, "AI makes the data security challenge much more urgent and complex. AI Shield gives our customers the confidence to deploy AI with both preventative and detective controls that require zero setup and maintenance. It's always on, always learning, and always working for you behind the scenes to prevent breaches and compliance violations." AI Shield provides several features aimed at ensuring secure AI usage, including real-time risk analysis to pinpoint the sensitive data exposed to AI, automated risk remediation that continually addresses data exposure at scale, and behaviour-based threat detection to identify abnormal or malicious actions. The system also offers round-the-clock alert response to investigate, contain, and stop data threats. According to the company, organisations with poor data security posture face the risk of employees or AI systems potentially accessing large volumes of data that were not intended for their access. Varonis states that its AI Shield is designed to address this issue by offering constant monitoring and intervention capabilities. The company emphasises that protecting data access by AI tools is now a central component of broader data security measures. The product aims to help employees safely interact with AI tools, ensuring that only authorised users and AI agents have access, while all activity is monitored and any suspicious behaviour is detected and flagged. Varonis positions AI security as inseparable from data security, asserting that solutions like AI Shield are required to address the increasing complexity of protecting sensitive data in environments where AI-driven processes are regularly utilised. Follow us on: Share on:
