Overview

As organizations embrace artificial intelligence (AI), the risk of exposing sensitive organization data increases significantly. AI adoption is accelerating faster than organizations can secure the enterprise data flowing through it, which can cause data exposure risk. IBM® Guardium® Exposure Manager delivers end-to-end visibility and control over enterprise data used across AI applications, databases, and endpoints, enabling organizations to secure AI data and scale enterprise AI adoption safely.

You can access IBM Guardium Exposure Manager from the cloud by using either of the following links:

• United States (US): https://guardium.security.ibm.com/
• European Union (EU): https://eu.guardium.security.ibm.com/

IBM Guardium Exposure Manager maintains complete data lineage even as data transforms through AI systems. Dashboards provide insights into connecting data stores, AI pipelines, and endpoints. Organizations can trace any piece of data bidirectionally — forward to see where it went and backward to understand where it came from.

The scope of IBM Guardium Exposure Manager includes tracking and securing the following items:

• Projects or workload that control data flowing into AI systems
• Cohorts or workforce that control file downloads, uploads, and copy-paste operations involving corporate data

Comprehensive data discovery across cloud and SaaS environments

IBM Guardium Exposure Manager discovers and classifies sensitive data across cloud platforms (Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft™ Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)) and SaaS applications (Snowflake, Confluence, Jira, Slack, Google Drive, and Microsoft 365). Integration with Microsoft 365 Purview or Guardium Unified Discovery and Classification provides automated classification.

Complete data lineage through AI transformations

IBM Guardium Exposure Manager maintains data lineage through AI transformations. Organizations can trace data from source documents through vector databases and RAG pipelines to AI-generated outputs.

Policy-driven protection with flexible enforcement

IBM Guardium Exposure Manager provides flexible policy enforcement. Organizations can define custom policies based on data sensitivity, data classification, and trusted apps.

Compliance automation for regulatory requirements

IBM Guardium Exposure Manager generates compliance documentation automatically. For example, for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Complete audit trails satisfy regulatory requirements and provide evidence for data protection authority inquiries.

Integration with existing security and monitoring tools

IBM Guardium Exposure Manager integrates with leading data loss prevention (DLP) solutions (Purview), SIEM platforms (QRadar, Splunk, and Elastic), and SOAR systems (ServiceNow and Jira).