The situation
Employees are already using AI tools. Product teams want to ship AI features. Security wants to say yes but has no framework to say it with, so the default answer is "not yet."
What we do
- An AI usage policy written for the people who have to follow it
- Access and data-handling controls for both internal tools and product features
- Threat modeling for the specific ways AI systems get abused
- Audit and evidence so compliance and customers get the answers they need
- A review process that's fast enough that teams use it instead of going around it
What changes
Security becomes the team that enabled AI rather than the team that blocked it, and you can answer the customer questionnaire without wincing.