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Workforce AI Security

Workforce AI Security

Your workforce is using AI. Is it secure? 55% of employees use unapproved AI tools at work. The gap between AI adoption and AI security is growing every quarter. Aona closes it, discovering Shadow AI, enforcing guardrails, and coaching employees to use AI safely.

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3 Workforce AI Security Risks

Most AI security incidents are not caused by attackers. They are caused by employees who are trying to be productive.

Shadow AI

55% of employees use AI tools not approved by their organisation. Each unapproved tool is an untracked data flow, no visibility, no control, no compliance record. The risk is not the tool; it is the data that flows through it.

Undetected Shadow AI = undetected compliance breaches

Data Exposure

Employees routinely paste customer data, financial records, source code, and confidential documents into AI tools to get work done faster. Without guardrails, this creates regulatory exposure and competitive risk with every keystroke.

Every unguarded AI prompt is a potential data breach

Uneven AI Literacy

Not all employees understand what data is safe to share with AI tools. Junior staff and non-technical teams are often the highest-risk users, not from malicious intent, but from a lack of awareness about AI data handling.

Human error drives the majority of AI data exposure events

The Aona 3-Pillar Approach

Security that enables AI adoption, not one that fights it.

01

Discover

Get a complete inventory of every AI tool your workforce is using, approved and unapproved. Aona maps AI usage across your entire organisation within minutes, including tools accessed through personal accounts and browser extensions.

Full Shadow AI visibility in under 5 minutes
02

Secure

Apply real-time DLP guardrails to every AI tool interaction. Prevent sensitive data from leaving your organisation through AI prompts. Enforce acceptable use policies by role, team, and tool, automatically.

Real-time protection across 5,000+ AI tools
03

Coach

When employees encounter a policy restriction, Aona doesn't just block, it explains. Real-time coaching at the point of risk builds AI literacy across your workforce, reducing future incidents without creating friction.

Just-in-time employee coaching reduces repeat incidents by 70%

Works for Everyone

For Employees

Coaching, not punishment

When Aona detects a policy risk, it doesn't just block the action silently. It tells the employee what happened, why the prompt was blocked, and suggests a safe way to accomplish their task, building AI literacy over time.

  • Real-time explanation of policy restrictions
  • Safe alternatives suggested in context
  • Friction-free for compliant AI use
  • Builds AI literacy across the workforce
For Security Teams

Full visibility and control

Security teams get a unified dashboard showing all AI tool usage across the organisation, policy violations, coaching interactions, and compliance reporting, without generating alert fatigue.

  • Unified AI usage dashboard
  • Policy violation alerts and audit trail
  • Compliance reports for GRC teams
  • Role-based policy controls

How Workforce AI Security Works

Discover, protect, and coach, the three pillars of workforce AI security.

01

Discover What Employees Are Using

Aona automatically surfaces every AI tool in use across your workforce, including shadow AI tools that haven't been approved by IT. Get a full picture of AI adoption, by team and by tool, within 48 hours.

02

Enforce Data Guardrails

Apply data-level policies across all AI tools. Block employees from uploading customer PII, source code, or confidential documents to unsanctioned services. Enforce different rules for different teams and data classifications.

03

Coach Employees in Real Time

When an employee attempts to share data that violates policy, Aona shows them why, and what to do instead. Just-in-time coaching builds AI literacy without creating friction or driving shadow AI underground.

68%

of employees use unsanctioned AI tools

Gartner, 2025

$4.88M

average cost of an AI data breach

IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, 2024

Case Study

Fortune 500 Financial Services Firm

A Fortune 500 financial services firm used Aona to discover 200+ unsanctioned AI tools in use across their workforce. By deploying workforce AI security controls and real-time employee coaching, they reduced AI policy violations by 87% within 90 days while maintaining employee productivity and AI adoption rates.

87% fewer violations90-day turnaroundZero productivity loss
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Workforce AI security covers the policies, controls, and monitoring organisations use to ensure employees use AI tools safely and in compliance with data protection requirements. It includes discovering which AI tools employees are using (including shadow AI), preventing sensitive data from entering AI tools, enforcing acceptable use policies, and coaching employees to adopt AI productively and securely.
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