Polaris Office moves to block generative AI data leaks, targets corporate security market

[Financial News] A string of personal data breaches at major South Korean companies has made strengthening corporate information security systems a key priority. In particular, as generative artificial intelligence (AI) spreads across the workplace, the need is growing to manage not only risks from external hacking but also the risk of information leaks arising from employees’ use of AI.
Polaris Office said on the 26th that it had launched a generative AI security product based on Endpoint Protector, a data loss prevention (DLP) solution from global security company Netwrix, and would seek to expand its supply to corporate customers.
Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and Microsoft Copilot are increasingly being used in the workplace for a range of tasks, including document writing, translation, data analysis and software development. The possibility that customer personal data, unpublished financial information and critical technical information could be sent to external AI services in the process is emerging as a new security risk.
The solution unveiled by Polaris Office focuses on controlling these risks in advance at the point of AI use. It can inspect the questions, prompts and attachments employees submit to generative AI and block external transmission if they contain sensitive information that violates the company’s security standards.
Another feature is the ability to apply different security policies based on department, user and work requirements. Without imposing blanket restrictions on companies’ use of AI, the solution reduces the risk of personal data and trade secrets being leaked, supporting both productivity gains through AI and internal information protection.
Polaris Office is expanding its corporate security business through an MSP partnership signed with Netwrix in April this year. It plans to supply solutions tailored to individual customers’ needs, including generative AI security, data security posture management (DSPM) and access control, and to help companies advance their data protection systems.
The company also plans to leverage its existing corporate customer base in the document and business software market to cross-sell security solutions and broaden its business into B2B services spanning AI, cloud and security.
A Polaris Office representative said, “As companies increasingly adopt AI, what matters is not limiting its use but effectively controlling the risk of information leaks.” The representative added, “By combining our understanding of document and work environments with global security technology, we will provide an environment where companies can use AI with confidence and cultivate our security business as a new B2B growth engine.”
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