AI · SECURITY & GOVERNANCE

MOVE FAST. NOT BLIND.

C3SA helps organizations adopt AI securely: mapping where AI is used and what data it touches, assessing access, supplier and application risk, testing AI-enabled systems and building the governance to keep it under control.

IN PRACTICE

WHAT EACH SERVICE DELIVERS.

Most organizations start with governance and shadow-AI discovery, then secure and test their highest-risk use cases.

GOVERNANCE

AI Governance

An inventory of where AI is used and what data it touches, a risk classification for each use case, and clear accountability for approving, monitoring and retiring AI systems.

What you get

  • An AI use-case inventory
  • A risk register with owners
  • Acceptable-use guidance for staff
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ARCHITECTURE

AI Security Architecture

Security design for the whole system around the model: identities and permissions, prompts and data sources, retrieval pipelines, plugins and integrations, APIs and hosting infrastructure.

What you get

  • Data-flow and trust-boundary maps
  • Prioritized security controls
  • Integration with existing identity, logging and data protection
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TESTING

AI Red Teaming

Scoped testing of AI-enabled applications for prompt injection, data leakage, excessive agency and bypass of business rules, focused on how the application and its integrations fail rather than on the underlying foundation model.

What you get

  • Agreed test scope and rules of engagement
  • Reproducible findings with business impact
  • Remediation guidance and retesting
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DISCOVERY

Shadow AI

Discovery of unsanctioned AI tools and browser extensions in use across the organization, what data is flowing into them, and practical ways to offer approved alternatives instead of simply blocking.

What you get

  • A shadow-AI discovery report
  • Data-exposure assessment
  • An approved-tools and policy plan
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REGULATION

EU AI Act

The EU AI Act classifies AI systems by risk and phases in obligations over time. It can apply to organizations outside the EU that place AI systems on the EU market or whose AI outputs are used there. C3SA helps you determine likely classification and build the governance and evidence required. Legal interpretation remains with your counsel.

What you get

  • A use-case classification against the Act's risk categories
  • An obligations and gap assessment
  • A governance and evidence plan
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SOVEREIGNTY

Sovereign AI

Choosing and designing AI deployments around who can see prompts and outputs, where inference runs, which jurisdiction governs the provider, and whether you could switch providers if needed. See Digital Sovereignty.

What you get

  • An AI dependency and jurisdiction map
  • Deployment options by level of control
  • Exit and portability considerations
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ADOPT AI WITHOUT OUTSOURCING YOUR RISK.
WHERE C3SA ADDS VALUE

AI SECURITY IS SYSTEM SECURITY.

Teams are adopting AI faster than they can govern its data access, integrations and use. The biggest risks usually sit around the model rather than in it: sensitive data pasted into public tools, AI assistants with more permissions than their users, and applications that can be steered by untrusted content.

C3SA connects AI security to the work you already do in privacy, application security and incident response. That includes exercising AI-related incidents, so your team knows what to do when an AI system leaks data or behaves unexpectedly.

COMMON QUESTIONS
Where should we start with AI security?

With an inventory: which AI tools and use cases exist, including unsanctioned ones, and what data each can reach. Governance, controls and testing are then prioritized by risk.

What does AI red teaming test?

The AI-enabled application and its integrations: whether it can be manipulated into leaking data, ignoring business rules or taking unintended actions through connected tools. Scope and methods are agreed in advance.

Does the EU AI Act apply to Canadian organizations?

It can. The Act can apply to providers and deployers outside the EU when their AI systems are placed on the EU market or their outputs are used in the EU. Confirm applicability with counsel.

THE C3SA DIFFERENCE

ADVICE. IMPLEMENTATION. PROOF.

THE NEED

Teams are adopting AI faster than they can govern its data access, integrations and use.

WHAT C3SA DOES

C3SA maps AI use cases and sensitive data flows, assesses access, supplier, application and operational risks, and helps teams implement safeguards and exercise AI-related incidents.

WHAT YOU GET

An AI use-case inventory, risk register, prioritized controls, acceptable-use guidance and tested response scenarios.

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