Govern AI before it governs your risk
AI is already inside your business — in browsers, inboxes, and personal accounts. Managed Intelligence Provider gives you visibility, policy, and protection so your team can use AI safely without leaking your data.
- AI Consulting
- Shadow AI Discovery
- Usage Reviews
- Data-Loss Prevention
- AI Governance
Your team is already using AI — with or without you
Generative AI adoption has outpaced governance. Most of it is invisible to leadership and IT, and it has become one of the fastest-growing ways for sensitive data to leave an organization.
How widespread is unsanctioned AI?
Where the data goes
of risky AI pastes happen through unmanaged personal accounts — bypassing your firewalls, DLP, and access controls entirely.
Sources: Reco AI — 2025 State of Shadow AI; LayerX Enterprise AI & SaaS Security Report; Cyberhaven. Figures are industry estimates and vary by study and methodology.
Managed Intelligence Provider: governance for the AI era
Your MSP keeps systems running. Your MSSP watches for threats. A Managed Intelligence Provider governs how AI enters and operates inside your business — so you capture the productivity without losing control of your data.
- Visibility into the AI and shadow IT your organization is already using
- Policy and guardrails that make safe AI use the easy path
- Protection against sensitive data leaving through unsanctioned AI
- Ongoing oversight as tools, vendors, and risks evolve
A complete AI governance layer
Engage the full program or the pieces you need most — from strategy and discovery to policy, protection, and enablement.
AI Consulting & Strategy
Practical guidance on where AI creates value and where it creates risk — from tool selection to a safe, staged adoption roadmap aligned to your business.
AI Usage Reviews & Scenarios
Structured reviews of how AI is actually used across your teams, with real-world scenarios that surface exposure before it becomes an incident.
Shadow IT & Shadow AI Discovery
Discover the unsanctioned tools, accounts, and AI services already in use — the apps leadership and IT can't see and aren't governing.
Data-Loss Prevention for AI
Guardrails that keep sensitive data — source code, PII, financials, and IP — from leaving your organization through AI prompts and uploads.
AI Policy & Governance
Clear, enforceable acceptable-use policies, approval workflows, and governance that let your team use AI safely instead of secretly.
Secure AI Enablement & Training
Help your people use approved AI tools confidently, with training that converts risky shadow use into sanctioned productivity.
Unsanctioned AI is a data-exfiltration channel
When an employee pastes a contract, customer list, or block of source code into a public AI tool, that data can leave your control instantly — copied into a third party's systems and, in some cases, used to train models. It never touches the email gateway or file-share controls you rely on, so traditional security never sees it.
- Source code, credentials, and configuration pasted for "help debugging"
- Customer records, PII, and financials dropped into chatbots
- Confidential documents uploaded to summarize or rewrite
- AI browser extensions with broad access to everything on screen
- Personal accounts and free tiers that sit entirely outside IT
Banning AI rarely works — it drives usage underground. The answer is discovery, policy, and protection that make the safe path the easy path.
From invisible to governed
A Managed Intelligence engagement turns unmanaged AI use into a clear, controlled, and continuously monitored program.
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Discover
Map the AI and shadow IT already in use across accounts, browsers, and tools — sanctioned or not.
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Assess
Evaluate exposure: what data is at risk, which tools are unsafe, and where policy and controls are missing.
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Govern
Put policy, approvals, and guardrails in place so sanctioned AI is the easy path and unsafe use is blocked.
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Enable & Monitor
Roll out approved tools, train your team, and monitor AI use on an ongoing basis as the landscape changes.
What we review
- ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini & other LLMs
- AI browser extensions & plugins
- Unsanctioned SaaS & personal accounts
- Sensitive data in prompts & uploads
- AI features inside existing tools
- Acceptable-use & approval policy
Security-led AI governance, not hype
THOR approaches AI the way we approach every threat: with measured risk, practical controls, and executive-ready clarity. We help you say yes to AI — safely — instead of banning it and hoping.
- Grounded in 20+ years of security and risk leadership
- Vendor-neutral guidance focused on your data and outcomes
- Bridges leadership, IT, and end users with clear policy
- Pairs naturally with Managed Protection and vCISO leadership
Managed Intelligence Provider FAQs
What is a Managed Intelligence Provider (MIP)?
An MIP governs how artificial intelligence is adopted and used across your organization — covering AI strategy, shadow IT and shadow AI discovery, usage reviews, policy and governance, and protection against data loss through unsanctioned AI tools.
What is shadow AI?
Shadow AI is the use of AI tools — public chatbots, AI browser extensions, and similar — without the knowledge or approval of leadership and IT. It's extremely common and usually invisible to the organization.
Why is unsanctioned AI a data security risk?
When employees paste or upload sensitive data — source code, customer records, financials, or IP — into public AI tools, that data can leave your control entirely, bypassing your normal security controls. Industry research finds a large majority of AI users have done exactly this.
Do we have to ban AI?
No — banning AI usually just drives it underground. The goal is safe enablement: discover what's in use, set clear policy, protect sensitive data, and give your team approved tools they can use confidently.
How does MIP relate to your other services?
MIP complements Managed Protection and vCISO consulting. Discovery and monitoring lean on security operations, while policy and governance align with executive leadership — so AI risk is managed alongside the rest of your security program.
Take control of AI in your business
Find out what AI is really being used across your organization — and put guardrails in place before sensitive data walks out the door.