Shadow AI
Staff paste contracts, patient notes, and customer lists into free chatbots because it saves them an hour. Nobody malicious — just nobody told them where the line was.
Safe, Secure AI Integration
Put AI to work
Put AI to work
without giving away your business.
Your team is already using AI — with or without approval. We help small and mid-sized companies capture the productivity gains while keeping customer data, financials, and intellectual property firmly inside the fence.
Aligned to NIST AI RMF & ISO/IEC 42001
30+ years of managed IT experience
Tampa Bay based, serving clients nationwide
ai-posture · your-company.com
- Know what's actually in useEvery AI tool your staff has touched, sanctioned or not.
- Draw the data lineWhat may be shared with a model — and what never leaves your tenant.
- Approve the good optionsEnterprise-grade tools configured so people stop reaching for risky ones.
- Prove it to anyone who asksWritten policy, access controls, and logs your auditor or insurer will accept.
The gap most businesses are sitting in
AI adoption raced ahead of AI governance
The tools got good faster than anyone wrote rules for them. That gap is where the expensive mistakes happen — and it is measurable.
63%
of organizations have no AI governance policy in place to manage AI use or prevent shadow AI.
IBM, Cost of a Data Breach Report 202597%
of breached organizations that had an AI-related incident lacked proper AI access controls.
IBM, Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025$670K
added to the average breach cost when shadow AI use was high inside the organization.
IBM, Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025Wasted spend
Six overlapping AI subscriptions, three pilots that never shipped, and no honest measure of whether any of it moved the needle.
Contract & compliance exposure
Client agreements, cyber insurance renewals, and HIPAA or SOC 2 questionnaires now ask how you govern AI. "We don't, really" is an expensive answer.
What we do
Four things, done properly
No twelve-month transformation program. We close the governance gap first, then integrate the tools that actually earn their keep.
AI Readiness Assessment
A two-week, fixed-fee look at what AI is already running in your business, where your data is going, and which three use cases are worth funding first.
What's includedAI Governance & Policy
A written acceptable-use policy your staff can actually follow, a data classification line, an approved-tool list, and the training to make it stick.
What's includedSecure AI Integration
Deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot, Google Gemini, or a private assistant on your own data — with identity, permissions, retention, and DLP configured before day one.
What's includedOngoing Monitoring & Review
New AI tools appear monthly. We watch what's being used, keep controls current, and give you a quarterly report you can hand to your board or your insurer.
What's included
How an engagement runs
From "we should probably look at AI" to running safely — in about 90 days
Discover what's really happening
We inventory the AI tools in use across your identity provider, browsers, and expense reports, and map which systems hold your sensitive data. Most clients are surprised by this list.
Set the rules
We write the acceptable-use policy, classify your data, and agree on the approved-tool list with your leadership team. Plain English, one page people will read.
Build the guardrails
Identity and conditional access, data loss prevention, tenant-level AI settings, retention, and logging — configured so the safe path is also the easy path.
Roll out the use cases that pay
We deploy the two or three highest-value use cases from the assessment, train the teams who'll use them daily, and measure the time actually saved.
Keep it current
Quarterly review of usage, new tools, vendor changes, and control effectiveness — with a written report for your leadership, auditor, or cyber insurer.
Why us
Security people who like AI. AI people who take security seriously.
Plenty of consultants will sell you an AI strategy deck. Plenty of security firms will tell you to block the tools entirely. Neither is a real answer for a business that has to compete.
SecurelyIntegrated.AI is the AI practice of Coast2Coast MSP — the same engineers who already run identity, endpoints, backup, and security for companies across Tampa Bay and the country. We're not theorizing about your environment. We patch it.
what-we-align-to
- NIST AI Risk Management FrameworkGovern, Map, Measure, Manage — the US reference model for trustworthy AI.
- ISO/IEC 42001The certifiable AI management system standard, for clients who need to show it formally.
- OWASP Top 10 for LLM ApplicationsPrompt injection, data leakage, and supply-chain risks — tested for, not assumed away.
- Your existing obligationsHIPAA, SOC 2, CMMC, PCI, and client contracts — AI controls mapped to what you already report on.
Start here
The AI Readiness Assessment
Two weeks. Fixed fee. You end up knowing exactly what AI is running in your business, what it's costing you, where you're exposed, and what to do next — whether or not you hire us to do it.
- A full inventory of AI tools in use — including the ones nobody told you about
- A data exposure map: what's leaving your environment, and to whom
- A risk register scored against the NIST AI RMF
- Your top three AI use cases, sized by effort and expected return
- A draft acceptable-use policy, ready to adopt
- A 90-day roadmap and a live readout with your leadership team
Common questions
Straight answers
Are you going to tell us to ban AI?
No. Banning AI doesn't stop AI use — it just moves it onto personal phones where you have no visibility at all. Our job is to give your team good tools that are safe to use, so the risky ones lose their appeal.
We're a 40-person company. Isn't this overkill?
The opposite. Large enterprises have compliance departments to absorb this work. A 40-person company has one office manager wearing six hats — which is exactly why a clear, short policy and a few well-configured controls do more good here than anywhere else. Our assessment is scoped for businesses your size.
Do we have to replace our current IT provider?
No. We work alongside in-house IT teams and other providers regularly. If Coast2Coast MSP already manages your environment, this plugs straight in. If someone else does, we'll coordinate with them and hand over documented configurations.
What does the assessment cost?
It's a fixed fee, scoped to your headcount and how many systems are in play — no hourly surprises. We'll quote it on a 20-minute call once we know your size and industry. Regulated environments (healthcare, finance, defense) take a bit more work and we'll say so upfront.
Will our data be used to train someone's AI model?
Not on our watch. Reviewing the training and retention terms of every tool you use is a standard part of the assessment, and configuring enterprise tiers so your content stays out of training data is a standard part of the integration. Where a vendor won't commit to that in writing, we'll tell you.
How quickly can we start?
Usually within two weeks of the first call. The assessment itself runs about two weeks and needs roughly three hours of your leadership team's time in total.
Find out what your AI exposure actually looks like
A 20-minute call is enough for us to tell you whether you have a real problem, a small one, or none at all. No deck, no pressure.