AI Protect
Understand, govern & manage AI across your organisation
AI is already being used across most organisations. The question is whether you know where it is being used, who is using it, what risks it introduces and what it is costing your organisation.
Employees are adopting AI tools, business functions are embedding AI into workflows and software providers are rapidly introducing AI-powered capabilities. While the benefits are clear, many organisations lack the visibility, governance and control needed to manage AI securely and responsibly.
AI Protect helps organisations build an evidence-based understanding of AI usage, identify governance and control gaps and develop a practical roadmap for managing AI risk while enabling innovation.
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Gain visibility of AI usage. Strengthen governance. Reduce risk.
What is AI Protect?
Through a combination of technical discovery, stakeholder engagement, maturity assessment and risk analysis, we provide a clear understanding of:
- Where AI is being used
- Which tools and services are being adopted
- Whether sensitive data is being exposed
- How effectively AI risks are being governed
- Where control gaps exist
- What actions should be prioritised
The result is a practical and actionable assessment that helps organisations adopt AI responsibly, securely and with confidence.
Why choose Toro?
Trusted partner
Deep expertise in AI governance, cyber security, and regulatory compliance.
Converged expertise
AI risk doesn't sit within a single function. Our teams bring together expertise across cyber security, physical security, governance, risk and resilience.
Evidence-based approach
We focus on understanding how AI is being used in practice, not simply reviewing policies and procedures.
Practical recommendations
Clear, prioritised actions that improve governance and reduce risk without creating unnecessary overhead.
Independent assessment
An objective view of AI usage, governance maturity and areas requiring attention.
Understand How AI is Being Used
AI Usage and Governance Assessment
AI adoption can move quickly, making it difficult to maintain visibility and consistent oversight across your organisation.
Complete Toro’s AI Usage and Governance Assessment to identify where AI is being used, highlight potential risks and receive practical recommendations for stronger governance.
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Why organisations need AI governance
AI adoption is often happening faster than organisations can govern it.
Without appropriate oversight, organisations can face challenges such as:
Limited visibility
Many organisations cannot accurately identify where AI is being used, who is using it or what information is being shared with AI tools.
Shadow AI
Employees frequently adopt AI platforms independently, creating risks that sit outside normal governance and security processes.
Data exposure risks
Sensitive business information, intellectual property and customer data can be entered into public AI services without appropriate safeguards or oversight.
Unclear ownership and accountability
AI risks often sit across multiple functions including technology, security, compliance, legal and operational teams, resulting in fragmented ownership and decision making.
Uncontrolled AI costs
As AI adoption grows, costs can quickly become difficult to track. Without visibility of AI usage, organisations may struggle to understand where spending is occurring, who is driving it and whether it is delivering value.
Evolving regulatory expectations
As AI regulation develops globally, organisations are increasingly expected to demonstrate governance, oversight and accountability for AI-related risks.
What AI Protect delivers
Visibility of AI usage
Build an evidence-based understanding of how AI is being used across your organisation, including approved tools, emerging use cases and unapproved or “shadow AI” activity and associated AI-related costs.
Stronger AI governance
Assess ownership, accountability, policies and oversight arrangements to understand whether your current governance framework is keeping pace with adoption.
Prioritised risk reduction
Identify where data, governance and operational risks exist and focus attention on the issues that matter most.
Practical next steps
Receive clear recommendations and a prioritised action plan designed to improve governance, visibility and control without slowing innovation.
What’s included in AI Protect
AI discovery
Identify approved AI tools, shadow AI usage, key use cases and potential areas of data exposure.
Governance review
Assess ownership, accountability, policies, oversight and existing approaches to managing AI risk.
Maturity assessment
Review governance and control maturity across key areas including risk management, technical controls and data handling.
Risk prioritisation
Identify governance, operational and technical risks and understand where attention should be focused first.
Action plan
Receive clear recommendations and a prioritised roadmap to strengthen governance, improve visibility and reduce risk.
Understanding AI risk
As AI adoption grows, organisations face increasing challenges around visibility, governance, data exposure and accountability.
Without appropriate oversight, risks can quickly emerge across business processes, technology platforms and employee usage.
AI Protect helps organisations understand these risks and put proportionate governance and controls in place before they become business problems.
For many organisations, the challenge isn’t whether AI is being used. It’s whether they can confidently answer the following questions:
- What AI tools are being used across the organisation?
- Are employees using unapproved AI platforms?
- What information is being shared with AI tools?
- Who is accountable for AI risk?
- Are current governance arrangements fit for purpose?
If the answer to any of these questions is unclear, AI Protect can help.
AI Protect FAQs
We assess your current governance arrangements and provide recommendations covering ownership, policies, oversight, risk management and employee guidance.
AI Protect combines technical discovery, governance assessment and risk evaluation to identify and prioritise areas of concern.
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The time to act is now
AI adoption is accelerating across every sector. New tools are being introduced daily, AI capabilities are increasingly embedded into existing applications and employees are finding new ways to use AI to support their work.
The organisations that will benefit most from AI are those that understand how it is being used, where risks exist and what governance is needed to support it.
AI Protect provides a structured, evidence-based approach to understanding AI usage, assessing governance maturity and developing a clear roadmap for improvement.
Whether you’re at the start of your AI journey or looking to strengthen oversight of existing deployments, Toro can help you build the visibility, governance and control needed to adopt AI with confidence.
What our AI Security Review clients say
The engagement gave us clear visibility into the risks associated with AI tooling and helped us assess the maturity of related controls across our subsidiaries and employees. This helped us to shape our approach to information security, compliance, and risk management related to AI both at the subsidiary level and centrally.
Keywords Studios has worked with Toro, since it acquired d3t, a longstanding Toro client, in 2017. This existing relationship gave us confidence in Toro’s capabilities and understanding of our business. Beyond the technical delivery, the Toro team stand out for their professionalism, flexibility, and ability to translate complex risk issues into actionable insights. They were a pleasure to work with and added real strategic value to our AI governance journey.”
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Understand How AI is Being Used
AI Usage and Governance Assessment
AI adoption can move quickly, making it difficult to maintain visibility and consistent oversight across your organisation.
Complete Toro’s AI Usage and Governance Assessment to identify where AI is being used, highlight potential risks and receive practical recommendations for stronger governance.
