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A strategy that encourages compliance by making sanctioned, secure workflows easier to follow than unsanctioned alternatives.
Derived from platform engineering, this approach moves away from policing and toward enablement. The organization provides a set of pre-vetted AI tools that are integrated with corporate identity (SSO), pre-configured for data privacy, and supported by internal training. By reducing the friction of the approved path, the organization naturally reduces shadow AI without resorting to heavy-handed bans.
Real world example:
Instead of blocking all chatbots, a company provides an internal enterprise instance of an LLM that is guaranteed not to train on company data, making it the most convenient and secure option for staff.
