The AI Risk Management Playbook
Adoption has already happened. Learn how to identify, reduce, and govern AI-related risks without slowing innovation across your organization.
AI Governance is critical to securing your organization
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unsanctioned AI tools.
AI innovation shouldn't come at the expense of security
AI tools are rapidly changing how organizations operate, but every new AI application introduces potential risks. Security teams often struggle to understand which AI tools are being used, what data they can access, and how those tools may impact governance, compliance, and organizational security. Reducing AI-related risk isn't about preventing AI adoption. It's about creating visibility, establishing practical guardrails, and implementing governance that enables innovation responsibly.
This playbook provides practical guidance to help security and business leaders understand and manage AI-related risks while supporting secure AI adoption.
What you'll learn from this playbook
Understand AI-Related Risks
Learn how AI introduces new governance, security, and data exposure challenges.
Reduce Governance Blind Spots
Gain visibility into AI usage and identify unsanctioned AI activity.
Protect Sensitive Information
Reduce the likelihood of inappropriate data access and exposure.
Enable Responsible Innovation
Create practical controls that support secure AI adoption without slowing the business.
Who this helps the most
This playbook gives security and IT leaders the controls, checklists, and policy framework to close this latest blind spot, including:
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Security leaders
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IT teams
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MSPs
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business leaders concerned with managing risk
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For security leaders, IT teams, and MSPs managing AI risk across their environment.
AI adoption has already outpaced your security team's ability to see it. 59% of employees use AI tools without IT oversight, connecting them to email, files, and client data. Traditional security controls weren't built for this, and most teams have responded by excluding AI agents from monitoring entirely.
This playbook gives security and IT leaders the controls, checklists, and policy framework to close this latest blind spot, without blocking the AI your business depends on.
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About Field Effect's AI Detection and Response (AIDR)
AI governance starts with visibility.
Field Effect AI Detection and Response (AIDR) provides visibility into AI activity across the environment, helping security teams understand:
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Which AI tools are being used
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Who is using them
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Where governance risks may exist
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How AI usage may impact sensitive data and organizational policies
By making AI usage visible, organizations can confidently establish policies, reduce shadow AI, and support secure AI adoption at scale.
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