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iboss AI Security Platform
Your gateway sees AI tools only as domains. You should see the tools, the people and the prompts — iboss AI Security Platform finds the AI apps your staff use, who uses them and what they ask, from an agent that sits beside your current SASE — visibility free, enforcement paid.
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The iboss platform family
This page covers iboss AI Security Platform — the standalone AI-usage product with a free visibility tier. The rest:
Quick facts
30-second orientation- Product
- Standalone visibility and control over staff use of AI apps, from a free tier upwards
- Maker
- iboss, Inc., a private US company (brand page: Boston; legal address: Orlando, Florida); CEO Paul Martini
- Status
- Launched 1 July 2026; grew out of AI Chat Security, an add-on to the iboss SASE packages
- Price
- Visibility tier free, per iboss’s launch release; enforcement and DLP tiers quoted, no public rate
- Deployment
- A lightweight iboss agent that neither changes nor depends on system proxy settings
- Agent
- Windows and macOS are the platforms the launch release names for the agent
- AI apps
- ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Cursor named at launch, “and dozens of other” tools
- Upgrade
- Upgrades in place to the full iboss Zero Trust SASE platform if you later want web, CASB and ZTNA
- India
- iboss lists Mumbai and Delhi data centres; where this product keeps prompt history is not stated
- In India via
- TechBag — free-tier baseline, AI-use policy, paid-tier quote in INR with GST
Understand AI usage security before you buy it
Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.
What is AI usage security?
Seeing which AI apps staff use and what they share, then setting rules per tool, person and data type.
Domain blocks and guesswork vs governed AI use — the honest table
What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | Domain blocks and guesswork | iboss AI Security Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Which AI tools are in use | A guess from gateway domain logs | An inventory, each tool given a risk class |
| Who is using them | An IP address, if anything | Per-user attribution |
| What was typed | Invisible once the session opens | Prompt and response history |
| An unapproved assistant | Block the domain and hope | Redirect to the approved tool (paid) |
| Getting started | Swap the SASE to gain AI control | An agent beside the stack you have |
| What it is NOT | — | A web gateway, CASB or ZTNA on its own |
The cheapest test costs nothing: a week of the free tier on one team shows which AI tools are in use and what is being typed into them.
The five pieces of the platform
Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.
Agent
Installed on Windows and Mac endpoints, per the launch release, it sees AI app sessions without editing or relying on system proxy settings, so the gateway you run keeps working.
Inventory
Every AI tool found is listed with a risk classification and tied to the person using it, giving a named register of sanctioned and shadow AI rather than a list of domains.
Policy
Paid tiers add allow, block and redirect actions, tenant restrictions, connection rules for AI agents, and DLP set by user, group, tool or risk, according to iboss.
Upgrade
The same deployment upgrades in place to the full iboss platform, which adds a cloud web gateway, CASB, ZTNA and broader DLP for teams that later want one vendor for both jobs.
An endpoint agent beside your gateway — AI tools found and risk-ranked free, then allowed, blocked or redirected on paid tiers.
Nine capabilities. Discover, enforce, audit.
The iboss AI Security Platform shows and governs staff use of AI apps without replacing the gateway you already run.
Every AI tool, found
The free tier discovers the AI apps staff actually open, from chatbots to coding assistants such as Cursor, per iboss’s launch release.
Inventory with risk classes
Each discovered tool lands in an AI inventory with a risk classification, so approval decisions start from a ranked list, not a hunch.
Usage tied to people
Activity is attributed per user, which lets a review name the team behind heavy use of an unapproved tool rather than an IP address.
Allow, block or redirect
Paid tiers can allow a tool, block it, or send people on to the approved one, and apply tenant restrictions to sanctioned AI services.
Data stopped at the prompt
Data-leak prevention rules are set by user, group, tool or risk level, so a rule written for source code need not hit the marketing team.
AI agents on a leash
Connection policies limit what AI agents may reach, a paid control iboss lists beside prompt-level data rules in its launch material.
Prompts and replies kept
Prompt and response history is part of the free tier per the release, so a reviewer can see what was asked and what the tool returned.
Full capture for audits
Paid tiers add full prompt and response capture with an audit trail, the record a compliance team asks for after an incident.
Copilot in Excel and Word
iboss’s AI security page extends coverage to Copilot and the AI assistants built into Excel and Word, not only chatbots in a browser.
Watch iboss AI Chat Security in action
AI Chat Security, the capability behind the AI Security Platform: a module overview and a full monitoring demo, both from iboss’s official channel in January 2026, before the standalone launch.
iboss AI Chat Security Module
AI Chat Security, the capability behind the AI Security Platform, shown as a module of the iboss SASE platform before the July 2026 standalone launch.
AI Chat Security Monitoring Full Demo
A full walk-through of AI Chat Security monitoring, the capability behind the AI Security Platform, recorded before it was sold on its own.
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Here’s what genuinely sets it apart — and exactly where it stops.
Keep the SASE you already bought
Most AI-control products arrive inside a SASE or a browser you must adopt first. iboss built this one to sit beside any SASE, SSE or web security product: its agent neither changes nor depends on system proxy settings, and iboss says it deploys in an afternoon. Your traffic path stays as it is.
Visibility before a purchase order
According to iboss’s launch release, the free tier covers shadow-AI discovery, an AI inventory with risk classes, per-user attribution and prompt and response history. A security team can measure its real AI exposure, and build the case for enforcement, before any money changes hands.
Rules shaped by who and what
Paid tiers turn the inventory into policy: allow, block or redirect per tool, tenant restrictions, connection rules for AI agents, and DLP set by user, group, tool or risk. Copilot and the assistants inside Excel and Word are covered as well, per iboss’s AI security page, not just browser chatbots.
Where it stops
It only launched in July 2026. The paid tiers carry no public price, no customer or analyst assessment is published, and the launch release names only Windows and macOS for the agent. iboss documents neither a storage location nor a retention period for prompt history, Indian or otherwise.
The numbers behind the platform
What your iboss AI Security Platform rollout looks like
Install the free tier
Deploy the agent to one department’s Windows and Mac machines, leaving the current SASE and proxy settings untouched.
Read the inventory, set policy
Rank the AI tools found by risk class and user count, then agree with legal which are sanctioned and where others redirect.
Price and pilot enforcement
Get the paid-tier quote, switch on redirects and DLP for a pilot group, and log every false positive for a fortnight.
Test capture and audit
Turn on full prompt capture for regulated teams, walk the audit trail with compliance, and settle where that data is stored.
Roll out, or upgrade
Extend the agent across the fleet, or decide whether an in-place move to iboss Zero Trust SASE is worth a quote.
The review scoreboard
Modelled on Gartner Peer Insights structure. *Counts and breakdowns are illustrative pending verified review collection.
Quick poll — what’s driving your evaluation?
Talk to an advisor“We left our SSE alone and put the agent on finance laptops. The free inventory showed Cursor and Perplexity in daily use.”
“Prompt history showed a sales team pasting customer lists into a chatbot. That one report paid for the enforcement tier.”
“Blocking felt blunt, so we redirect people from an unapproved assistant to our own Copilot tenant instead. Complaints stopped.”
“Copilot inside Excel was our blind spot. The agent picked those sessions up alongside the browser chatbots we expected.”
“There is no public price for the paid tier, and the quote for 400 users took longer than the free pilot itself.”
“Our developers run Linux, and the launch material names only Windows and macOS, so we had to ask iboss what covers them.”
Where everyone sits — the grids
Analyst firms bury this view behind paywalls, and G2 retired its Grid. So here’s TechBag’s synthesis of the AI usage security market — tap any vendor to see why it sits where it does.
TechBag AI Usage Security Grid
Execution strength vs product vision — the classic market map, minus the paywall.
Free visibility tier; paid tiers quoted.
Stack Neutrality × AI Control Depth
The grid nobody publishes — how freely it sits beside the network and browser you already run vs how deeply it governs AI prompts and data.
Beside any SASE; enforcement on paid tiers.
Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform data and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.
iboss AI Security Platform vs the AI usage control field
Against Akamai Workforce Protector, Netskope Data Protection, Palo Alto Prisma Access Browser, Sophos Workspace Protection and Chrome Enterprise Premium — on deployment, AI coverage, prompt visibility, enforcement, price, India and exit.
| Dimension | iboss AI Security Platform | Akamai Workforce Protector | Netskope Data Protection | Palo Alto Prisma Access Browser | Sophos Workspace Protection | Chrome Enterprise Premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Standalone AI control | Browser extension for AI | Module of Netskope One | Enterprise work browser | Browser-led bundle | Paid tier of Chrome |
| Deployment | Endpoint agent | Extension + console | Client into NewEdge | Browser, extension, app | Browser plus agents | Chrome policy |
| Beside an existing SASE | Designed to coexist | Network-neutral | Needs Netskope One | Alone or with SASE | Bundle, no proxy | Any network stack |
| AI apps covered | Six named, dozens more | Web, browser, desktop | GenAI via SkopeAI | GenAI in its browser | Approved vs the rest | AI sites in Chrome |
| Shadow-AI discovery | Free, risk-classed | Found and risk-scored | Tenant-aware | Assessment on offer | Shadow IT and AI | Shadow AI view |
| Prompt visibility | History free; audit paid | Live prompts and replies | Guardrails on prompts | Prompt redaction | Not described | Evidence locker |
| Enforcement and DLP | Paid tiers only | Typing, paste, files | One DLP engine | 1,000+ classifiers | Upload and clipboard | Paste, upload, print |
| Pricing model | Free tier, then quote | Quote; unit unstated | Per user, in platform | Per user, quoted | One per-user count | Per user per month |
| Published entry price | Free visibility tier | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | $6/user/month |
| Included vs add-on | Only visibility is free | Browser layer only | Inside Netskope One | Shared Palo Alto engines | Four controls in one | Core free, Premium paid |
| Integrations | Not itemised | IdP, SIEM, MDM, tickets | One Zero Trust Engine | SAML, OIDC, Prisma | Sophos Central | Open Connector Framework |
| India data location | AI data region unstated | Not documented | Eight Indian DCs | PoP; console unstated | India Central for DNS | Not published |
| Lock-in and exit | Uninstall the agent | Remove the extension | Moves with Netskope One | Browser to switch back | ZTNA leaves with it | Chrome keeps running |
| Best fit | Free AI baseline | AI control, any browser | Netskope One customers | Prisma SASE estates | Sophos-first firms | Chrome-only estates |
Which approach fits you?
Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.
Choose iboss AI Security Platform if…
- ✓You want a named inventory of the AI tools staff use, with prompt history, before you commit any budget
- ✓Your SASE or web gateway is staying, and the AI layer must sit beside it without touching proxy settings
- ✓You need to redirect staff from unapproved assistants to sanctioned ones, Copilot in Office apps included
Compare alternatives if…
- ✓You need a price on paper before a pilot — Chrome Enterprise Premium publishes $6 per user a month
- ✓Netskope is already your SASE — SkopeAI rides the same DLP engine as your web and email rules
- ✓Your fleet runs Linux desktops — the launch release names only Windows and macOS for the iboss agent
Do not expect…
- ✓A published price for blocking, redirects or AI data-leak rules
- ✓A documented home for prompt history, in India or anywhere else
- ✓Analyst ratings or named customers yet — the product dates from July 2026
TechBag has no AI usage security guide yet, so iboss AI Security Platform sits outside the category guides. Browse all products to compare it with the rest of the catalogue. →
What does untracked AI use cost you?
Drag the sliders (staff who use AI tools; compliance-team hour cost). Estimates model the review time spent working out which AI tools are in use, what data went into them and answering auditors about it, at an assumed 1.5 hours per staff member a year, with 70% of it saved by an automatic inventory and prompt history. Both figures are assumptions. Illustrative.
Loaded cost = salary + overheads per productive hour. Illustrative only — your TechBag quote models your actual environment and modules.
Three ways to consume it
Free to start: iboss’s 1 July 2026 launch release makes shadow-AI discovery, the risk-classed AI inventory, per-user attribution and prompt history free. Enforcement, DLP, tenant restrictions, AI-agent rules and full capture are paid, and iboss publishes no price or licence unit for them. TechBag runs the free tier first, then gets the paid quote in INR with GST.
Free visibility
Best for a shadow-AI baseline
- Discovery and a risk-classed AI inventory
- Per-user attribution and prompt history
- No charge, per iboss’s launch release
+ Platform add-ons
Best for a broader rollout
- Scoped to your estate
- Add-on modules as needed
- Phased, right-sized deployment
Paid enforcement
Best for regulated teams
- Allow, block or redirect per tool
- DLP by user, group, tool or risk
- Full capture and audit; quoted
Buy it for less — TechBag pricing beats list
Whatever the list prices above, TechBag negotiates a significantly better deal — with GST-compliant INR invoicing and local support. Ask us for your discounted quote.
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The 8 questions to ask every vendor
Take this into your next vendor call — including ours.
Which devices run Windows or macOS, the platforms the launch release names, and what covers Linux or mobile users?
Which SASE, SSE or gateway stays in place, and has a pilot shown the agent working beside it without conflict?
Which AI tools are sanctioned, where should the rest redirect, and which data classes are banned from prompts?
Is Copilot inside Excel and Word in scope, and does the pilot show those sessions as well as browser chatbots?
Where are prompt and response histories stored, and who at iboss and in your team can read them? Get it in writing.
Which needs — redirects, DLP, tenant restrictions, agent rules, full capture — force a paid tier, and at what unit?
Can the record of AI use be kept as long as your auditors need, or should it be streamed to your SIEM instead?
What are the licence unit and term for the paid tiers? Ask for the quote in INR with GST before the pilot ends.
Questions buyers ask
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Start with the free tier to see your real AI use, or let a TechBag advisor run the pilot beside your current SASE and price the paid controls.
Stats, ratings, review counts and pricing are illustrative and sourced from public materials; verify before purchase.