August Software of the Month – SHIELDRisk AI
Over the past year, organizations have raced to adopt Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and other generative AI tools to boost productivity, but few have stopped to assess what that adoption actually exposes them to. This month, CTI is spotlighting SHIELDRisk AI, our AI-specific risk assessment built on the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and tailored specifically to the deployment and integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI systems.
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What does SHIELDRisk AI do?
- Maps your AI footprint – We identify the critical business functions, data flows, and processes your organization’s AI tools touch, and determine how critical each one is.
- Uncovers AI-specific threats – Using the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (RMF 1.0), and ISO/IEC 42001, we identify threats unique to AI, including prompt injection, data leakage, and supply chain vulnerabilities.
- Prioritizes and mitigates – We score the likelihood and impact of each risk, then deliver a mitigation strategy aligned to your organization’s risk tolerance.
Why does this matter for your organization?
Generative AI introduces categories of risk that traditional IT risk assessments were never built to catch. A well-crafted prompt can trick an LLM into revealing information it shouldn’t (prompt injection). Sensitive corporate data entered into a public AI tool can leave your environment entirely (data leakage). And the third-party models, plugins, and APIs your AI processes depend on carry their own exposure (supply chain risk).
SHIELDRisk AI treats these as high priority risks, not an afterthought bolted onto a standard IT risk assessment. The result is grounded in the same NIST standards that govern our other SHIELDRisk products, so the output is defensible, with recommendations on how to make your AI footprint secure.
As AI adoption accelerates, the organizations that get ahead of these risks now will be the ones still trusted with their customers’ and partners’ data later.
Ready to find our where your AI systems stand?
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