Stop Shadow AI and Protect Your Data

Build a secure foundation for AI adoption, without risking compliance, visibility, or control.

:: How BEMO's Managed AI Shadow AI Eases You Into AI

BEMO’s Managed AI Shadow AI is integrated into your existing BEMO cybersecurity stack (Diamond or Platinum).

Which means no added operational burdens because it is aligned with your Microsoft environment.

With AI Security Foundation:

• You decide which tools are allowed
• You control how data is used
• You monitor activity in real time

Managed AI - Shadow AI

Establish a secure AI baseline

Managed AI - Securing Copilot

Secure and monitor Copilot

Managed AI - Agent Governance

Govern AI agents

Managed AI - AI Compliance

Ready your organization for certification

:: Part of a Bigger AI Journey

BEMO's Managed AI Shadow AI is step one of a four-stage maturity model designed to grow with your organization.

This solution gives you a controlled starting point:

:: Establish guardrails before widespread AI usage

**::**Understand how AI is already being used internally

**::**Prevent risky behavior without slowing innovation

**::**Build a secure path toward sanctioned AI adoption

You don’t need to solve everything at once.

You just need to start in the right place.

:: Foundation (Stage 1)

What’s Included:

• Discover and block unsanctioned AI apps/websites
• Audit logging for AI-related activity
• Data Discovery for AI Reporting (Purview)
• Microsoft Purview DLP policies to prevent sensitive information leakage to external AI tools
• Conditional Access policies

:: Expansion towards full AI governance (Stages 2,3 and 4)

BEMO's AI offerings form a clear maturity progression. We have three more AI stages:

• Securing Copilot
• Agent Governance
• AI Compliance

These introduce deeper controls, automation, and advanced AI governance as your needs and expertise evolve.

What BEMO's Managed Ai - Shadow AI Covers

AI is undeniably being used inside your organization, whether you’ve approved it or not.

Therefore, the best tip we have for you is to be proactive not reactive.

Every service we offer is battle-tested on our own operations. The Managed AI - Shadow AI is the first step we took to transform ourselves from a zero AI to an AI-augmented "frontier firm".

It equips you with three essential capabilities to take control of AI in your environment: Discover, Block, and Monitor.

• Discover
  Gain visibility into who is using AI, how are they using it, and what data is involved.
  Tools: We use MCAS and Purview to identify external AI usage.

• Block
  Block access to unauthorized AI sites.
  Tools: We use Conditional Access and Data Security Posture Management for AI (DSPM) Policies to set guidelines.

• Monitor
  Monitor for attempts to us or share sensitive data with external AI.
  Tools: We use Data Security Posture Management for AI (DSPM), Cloud Apps and Insider Risk to enable alerts and audit logs for Ai activity.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Is the Managed AI - Shadow AI solution a standalone product?
  No. BEMO's Managed AI - Shadow AI is included as part of BEMO Diamond and Platinum packages. Our priority is that you grow confidently and safely with your AI use without having to sacrifice real protection.

• How long does implementation take?
  Typically 4 weeks from kickoff to full deployment.

  • Phase 1: Confirm existing purview requirements or deploy them
  • Phase 2: Discover AI Apps and detect policies
  • Phase 3: Review & Decision (sanction or unsanctioned)
  • Phase 4: Monitor

• Can we allow certain AI tools like ChatGPT?
  You control what’s allowed. Unsanctioned tools can be blocked while approved tools remain accessible. Policies can be customized to allow or restrict specific tools based on your requirements.

• Do you secure AI platforms other than Copilot?
  No. We do not manage or secure third-party AI platforms directly. Responsibility for configuring and enforcing security policies within those platforms remains with the customer.

BEMO is a Microsoft US Partner of the Year Winner whose mission is to empower any SMB in Microsoft cloud environments to grow securely and stay compliant—without the complexity.
We have helped over 1,000 small businesses since 2010.