A large unsigned download, a process pinning the CPU, and an app that writes gigabytes to your profile. Why security software objects, and how to tell a false alarm from a real one.
Providers began shipping enforcement points that inspect content before it reaches the model. Useful, and not the same thing as the text staying on your machine.
Security researchers reported prompt injection moving from theory to operational attacks in 2026. What it is, why it is unsolved, and when it touches ordinary writing work.
2026 breach reporting analyzed hundreds of thousands of data-loss events involving AI uploads. What ranked highest, and why blocking tools does not fix it.
Agents that read your screen, your tabs, and your clipboard transmit far more than you intend. What that means for confidential work, and how to draw a boundary you can hold.
A large majority of workplace AI users bring unapproved tools. A policy that acknowledges that, gives followable rules, and closes the gap that caused it.
Roughly a third of employees have put confidential data into public AI tools, and most workplace AI use is unsanctioned. The data, and why prohibition has failed as a strategy.
Where AI writing tools sit under HIPAA, why a BAA is the deciding factor, what counts as PHI in an ordinary email, and how on-device processing changes the analysis.
Write the request the way security and procurement actually read it: risk first, scope narrow, alternatives named. Includes a template that gets answered.
Find out which AI tools your team is really using, what data has gone into them, and what to do next. A one-week audit that does not turn into a witch hunt.
A one-page AI policy that people will actually follow, covering approved tools, what never gets pasted, disclosure rules, and who decides. With a template.
Vendors say zero retention, no training, and enterprise grade. Here is what each claim covers, what it quietly excludes, and the questions that get you a straight answer.
Air-gapped and offline environments have real writing problems too. How to set up on-device AI assistance where there is no network, and what to check before you do.
Practical strategies for maintaining strict confidentiality when using AI assistance to draft difficult or highly sensitive professional communications.
Cloud AI tools are a massive security risk for enterprise intellectual property. Discover how local AI deployment strategies protect your source code and internal data.