IBM Launches Unified AI Security and Governance Platform
As AI agents become increasingly central to enterprise workflows, IBM has launched an innovative enterprise offering to assist organizations with AI-related risks that are going to be there as we deploy AI agents. Launched today, IBM is releasing the first unified software platform that has AI security and governance integrated.
IBM’s release assembles two offerings, watsonx.governance, a complete AI governance offering from IBM, and Guardium AI Security utilizing lineage to protect AI models, and the data in the models. In doing so, IBM not only provides a holistic view of an organization’s AI risk posture- from compliance and lifecycle monitoring to real-time threat detection- they can also provide relevant controls for organizations’ AI risks.
“AI agents are proving to be a game changer for productivity in enterprise – but AI agents present serious risks that organizations need to be aware of, and govern, and secure,”
said Ritika Gunnar, GM, Data and AI, IBM. The unified platform integrating AI security and governance, will assist organizations’ compliance with 12 regulatory frameworks, including the EU AI Act and ISO 42001, as well as automated red teaming to identify and remediate AI vulnerabilities, including prompt injection, data leakage, and breaches of policies.
IBM Guardium AI Security is now made possible through a partnership with AllTrue.ai and allows organizations to detect new AI use cases across cloud, codebases, and embedded systems to holistically protect their AI stack. Once threats or areas of concern are identified, governance workflows are triggered within watsonx.governance in an automated fashion.
New lifecycle governance tools now make it possible to embed evaluation checkpoints into AI agents, where they can monitor the key metrics of context and response accuracy. Future features like onboarding risk assessments, audit trails, and a tool catalog for agents, will be coming from IBM.
In an effort to ease global compliance, watsonx.governance Compliance Accelerators come pre-loaded with regulations and frameworks such as U.S. Fed SR 11-7 or NYC Local Law 144, or ISO 42001 or NIST AI Risk Management Framework.
IBM Consulting also rolled out new cybersecurity services to help clients discover vulnerabilities, launch secure by design AI systems, and navigate global AI regulations. IBM’s own experience with AI, along with past engagements with a company like Nationwide Building Society, really provides depth in client services on these emerging topics.
Watsonx.governance is now available in the AWS region for India, so IBM’s reach and monitoring capabilities for clients in the region have expanded.
With these announcements, it’s clear IBM is committed to helping organizations use AI wisely, securely, and at scale.
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