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AI Access

Take control over public generative AI applications. Monitor and manage employee access to third-party AI tools with integrated data-loss prevention.

Control Employee Access to Generative AI

AI Access is a fully integrated feature set of Cisco Secure Access SSE. Control employee access to generative AI tools and enforce data-loss prevention policies across your organization.

Three Steps to Securing Shadow AI

AI Access gives you the visibility and control to discover, assess, and govern employee use of third-party generative AI applications.

Discover Shadow AI Apps

Inspects web traffic to identify shadow AI uses across your organization. Includes specific API calls to AI models as part of AI-enhanced applications.

Assess Risk of Shadow AI

Provides usage context including devices, location, and network data. Dashboard identifies riskiest apps with risk scores and recommendations.

Control Access and Protect Data

Configure granular access and policy controls, blocking or redirecting requests. Guardrails discern context and intent, blocking privacy, safety, and security concerns.

How AI Access Works

Cisco AI Access safeguard employee GenAI use

Safeguard Employee Use of GenAI

AI Access is a fully integrated feature set of Cisco Secure Access SSE. Control employee access to generative AI tools and enforce data-loss prevention with AI Access, enabling safe and compliant use of third-party GenAI applications.

Cisco AI Access discover shadow AI apps

Discover Shadow AI Apps

Employees have access to a wide variety of generative AI applications and tools, including traditional solutions that are adding AI functionality. AI Access inspects web traffic to identify uses of shadow AI across your organization, enabling you to see the list of AI-powered services in use. This includes specific API calls made to AI models as part of AI-enhanced applications.

Cisco AI Access assess risk and control access

Assess Risk and Control Access

AI Access provides the usage context you need to make informed decisions about your third-party app exposure, including usage, devices, location, and network data. The dashboard helps you easily identify the riskiest apps, with risk scores and recommendations to guide your assessment. Empower employees to use approved AI apps in a safe and compliant manner with granular access and policy controls.

Remove Security Objections to GenAI

Industry-Leading Threat Protection

Proprietary ML models provide superior threat detection, safeguarding against data exposure and novel attack vectors.

Superior Visibility and Enforcement

Full visibility and control over network traffic to detect and block malicious AI traffic using multiple enforcement points.

Zero-Trust Principles for AI

Easily add third-party GenAI coverage to Cisco SSE offering with AI Access.

Cisco Secure Access

Enforce Zero Trust Access Across All Apps

Cisco Secure Access delivers SSE that is better for users, easier for IT, safer for everyone.

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Take Control of AI Access

Our Cisco-certified specialists can help you evaluate, license, and deploy AI Access to discover shadow AI, assess risk, and enforce data-loss prevention policies across your organization.

  • Discover shadow AI applications across your organization
  • Assess risk with usage context and risk scores
  • Enforce granular access and data-loss prevention policies
  • Response from a certified Cisco specialist within one business day