{"id":27946,"date":"2025-07-01T09:11:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=27946"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:01:44","slug":"ai-security-policies","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/blog\/ai-security-policies","title":{"rendered":"Stop writing dumb AI security policies: use threat models, not fear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"e-stn e-stn-0d652506f82b000a392973813b918ee25d5b4211 e-stn--glossary-inner-content e-stn--table-of-content\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-b3rg-row e-row row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-b3rg-column e-col e-col-1f7b3997080fc292474d26ff00c905d99d3520fa e-col--content-wrapper  col-sm-12 col-lg-12 col-xl-12\">\n<div class=\"e-div e-div-a1b32f66e1749758df41d5aea14f647cd10e362c e-div--card-btn-link\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AI-security_Blog_header_700x200-1024x293.jpg\" alt=\"AI security policy best practices\" class=\"wp-image-27948\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AI-security_Blog_header_700x200-1024x293.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AI-security_Blog_header_700x200-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AI-security_Blog_header_700x200-768x219.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AI-security_Blog_header_700x200-575x164.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AI-security_Blog_header_700x200.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every time someone asks me about building their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/blog\/machine-learning-deep-learning\">AI<\/a> policy, I die a little inside. Not because it\u2019s a bad question, but because my answer is always the same: &#8220;Can we not build it off pure fear for once?&#8221; Most people don\u2019t understand how AI architecture works, so their first instinct is to panic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, we\u2019ve seen this movie before: cloud, mobile, bring your own device (BYOD). The second something new shows up, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/solutions\/security\">security<\/a> turns into the Department of No, telling teams, &#8220;You can\u2019t use ChatGPT. You might leak something.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, that same engineer just pasted a customer ID into a public GitHub issue. Good talk.<\/p>\n\n\n<style><\/style><style><\/style>\n<section class=\"e-stn e-stn-56e7d4c8a7de949ca8e7ef6e847c233907af1c86 e-pt-40 e-pb-40\"><style>@media only screen and (max-width: 9999px) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.e-stn.e-stn-56e7d4c8a7de949ca8e7ef6e847c233907af1c86 { \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #f8f8f8; \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}@media only screen and (max-width: 1200px) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.e-stn.e-stn-56e7d4c8a7de949ca8e7ef6e847c233907af1c86 { \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #f8f8f8; \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}<\/style><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-b3rg-row e-row row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-b3rg-column e-col e-col-aa7dff73b9f028db5f3d310beef8385bc537c675  col-sm-10\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"respond-faster-with-sumo-logic-dojo-ai-1\">Respond faster with Sumo Logic Dojo AI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Cut through the noise, detect threats faster, and resolve issues before they disrupt your operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fffd27ee wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><div class=\"e-btn e-btn--underline-black-common-link-with-arrow\"><a class=\"e-btn__link\"href=\"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/solutions\/dojo-ai\" target=\"_self\">\n<p class=\"title\">Explore Dojo AI<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wistia-block_faa4497d024cb569ab77afa5f829b1ab\" class=\"wistia-video-block\" data-wistia-video=\"wistia_471zkno1sb\">\n\n    <script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/player.js\" async><\/script>\n    <script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/471zkno1sb.js\" async type=\"module\"><\/script>\n\n    <style>\n        wistia-player[media-id='471zkno1sb']:not(:defined) {\n            background: center \/ contain no-repeat url('https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/471zkno1sb\/swatch');\n            display: block;\n            filter: blur(5px);\n            padding-top: 56.25%;\n        }\n    <\/style>\n\n    <wistia-player\n        media-id=\"471zkno1sb\"\n        aspect=\"1.7777777777777777\">\n    <\/wistia-player>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n    div[data-wistia-video=\"wistia_471zkno1sb\"] {\n        position: relative;\n        width: 100%;\n        padding-top: 56.25%;\n        background: center \/ cover no-repeat url('https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/471zkno1sb\/swatch');\n    }\n\n    div[data-wistia-video=\"wistia_471zkno1sb\"] wistia-player {\n        position: absolute;\n        top: 0;\n        left: 0;\n        width: 100%;\n        height: 100%;\n        filter: none;\n    }\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<style>\n a.e-btn__link { text-decoration: none !important; }\n\n.e-stn--glossary-inner-content .e-col--content-wrapper h3, .e-stn--glossary-inner-content .e-col--content-wrapper .h3 { padding: 0 !important; }\n\n@media (min-width: 992px) {\n    .e-stn--glossary-inner-content .e-col--content-wrapper h3, .e-stn--glossary-inner-content .e-col--content-wrapper .h3 { padding: 0 !important; }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-fear-reflex-doesn-t-scale\">The fear reflex doesn\u2019t scale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fear is not a strategy. Saying \u201cno AI allowed\u201d doesn\u2019t reduce risk. It just guarantees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shadow IT (people will use it anyway)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inconsistency (Microsoft Copilot allowed but ChatGPT banned?)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loss of trust in security (the most important part of your job)<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If we want to enable safe and sane AI use in our orgs, we need to move from knee-jerk restrictions to threat-informed decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"policies-without-threat-models-are-just-paranoia\">Policies without threat models are just paranoia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A real security policy should answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What are we protecting?<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From whom?<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And how can it fail?<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s threat modeling. And it works just fine for AI, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example,<strong> <\/strong>let\u2019s say the dev team wants to use ChatGPT for summarizing support cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Asset:<\/strong> Internal support docs<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Threat:<\/strong> Prompt injection, leakage, hallucination<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Impact:<\/strong> Leaked workflow, bad customer advice<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Controls:<\/strong> Templates, no PII, audit logs<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You now have a reason to say \u201cYes\u2014with guardrails,\u201d instead of \u201cNo\u2014because vibes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a-simple-framework-that-doesn-t-suck\">A simple framework that doesn\u2019t suck<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To maintain secure AI usage throughout your organization, start by following these steps:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inventory and discovery<\/strong>: Find all AI use (shadow or not). Devs, marketing, HR, legal\u2014trust me, it\u2019s everywhere.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Data classification<\/strong>: Know what\u2019s sensitive. PII? Source code? Strategy docs?<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Allow \/monitor \/deny zones<\/strong>: Not everything needs to be banned. Use a tiered model to balance risk and productivity.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Guardrails and logging<\/strong>: Prompt filters, output validation, session recording. AI gateways exist\u2014use them.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enable, don\u2019t obstruct<\/strong>: Work with teams. \u201cNo\u201d is not a long-term policy.<br><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"five-policy-areas-you-re-probably-ignoring\">Five policy areas you\u2019re probably ignoring<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Shadow fine-tuning<\/strong>: Anyone can fine-tune an LLaMA model on internal data now. Good luck untraining that.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prompt IP leakage<\/strong>: Your prompt is your logic. Don\u2019t let your engineers paste it into a Discord group.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Browser extensions<\/strong>: Jasper, Rewind, Merlin\u2014these are exfil tools with fancy branding.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AI-written legal docs<\/strong>: Whoops, you just hallucinated a warranty clause.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Autonomous agents<\/strong>: That Zapier+GPT setup your PM made is now emailing customers. Cool cool cool.<br><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of these needs a threat model, a risk matrix, and a policy stance. We\u2019ve made a sample matrix for you if math makes it feel more official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Area<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Likelihood<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Impact<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Risk level<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shadow fine-tuning<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Prompt engineering IP<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>AI browser extensions<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>AI in legal\/compliance<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Autonomous AI agents<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>20<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<style>\ntable.has-fixed-layout td {padding: 5px !important;}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"visualize-or-die-trying\"><strong>Visualize or die trying<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To keep it dead simple, here\u2019s a generic threat modeling diagram:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Actor<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Threat<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asset<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Impact<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Controls<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Stick those on a whiteboard and connect the dots. It works. Bonus points if you bring in people outside of security (Dev, GTM, etc.) so you can build bridges and have a more diverse view of the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"final-take\"><strong>Final take<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AI policy is not a yes\/no question.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s figuring out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What\u2019s the use case?<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What\u2019s the risk?<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can we put controls in place?<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Security isn\u2019t here to be the morality police. Our job is to enable the business safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, stop blocking everything. Start modeling threats. And maybe, just maybe, people will stop hiding their AI usage from you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AI policy is only half the battle. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/blog\/ai-data-privacy-risks\">Understand the risk landscape behind AI data privacy.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":331,"featured_media":27947,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"show_custom_date":false,"custom_date":"","featured":false,"featured_image":0,"learn_more_label":"","image_alt_text":"","learn_more_type":"","show_popup":false,"learn_more_link_file":0,"event_date":false,"event_start_date":"","event_end_date":"","place_holder_image_url":"","post_reading_time":"3","notification_enabled":false,"notification_text":"","notification_logo":"","notification_expiration_time":0,"is_enable_transparent_header":false,"selected_taxonomy_terms":{"blog-category":[127],"blog-tag":[],"translation_priority":[221]},"selected_primary_terms":{"blog-category":[]},"learn_more_link":[],"featured_page_list":[],"notification_enabled_post_list":[],"_gspb_post_css":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"71176,71070,71043","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"blog-category":[127],"blog-tag":[],"class_list":["post-27946","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blog-category-secops-security"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/27946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/331"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/27946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69839,"href":"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/27946\/revisions\/69839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"blog-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-category?post=27946"},{"taxonomy":"blog-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sumologic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-tag?post=27946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}