Your team is already using AI. The question is whether anyone is governing it. Epic IT finds the tools, assesses the risks, and puts enforceable policies and controls in place.
Average number of unapproved AI tools found per organisation
Complimentary Shadow AI Discovery with every new or renewing MSA
Ongoing governance reviews to track compliance and risk posture
Protecting Perth businesses with managed IT and security services
Here is the reality for most Australian businesses right now: your staff are using AI every day. ChatGPT for drafting emails. Copilot features they never asked for. Browser extensions that rewrite text, summarise documents, or generate images. They are pasting client data, financial records, and internal strategy into tools your business has never seen, let alone approved.
That is shadow AI. It is not a future risk. It is happening in your organisation today.
Epic IT’s AI Governance service is the foundation layer of our AI Services programme. We find the AI tools your team is already using, assess the data risks, and put enforceable policies and technical controls in place. You get visibility over what is happening, control over what data leaves your environment, and the confidence to let your team use AI productively.
Not sure where your business stands? Every new and renewing Managed IT Services client gets a complimentary three-month Shadow AI Discovery at no cost. You see exactly what is happening before committing to anything. Or book an AI Readiness Assessment for a deeper analysis of your AI exposure and opportunities.
AI governance is not software you install. It is an ongoing programme that gives your leadership team clear answers: what AI tools are in use, what data is being shared, who approved it, and what the plan is when something goes wrong.
When we run shadow AI scans for Australian businesses, the results are consistent. The average organisation has 10 to 15 AI tools in active use that management knows nothing about. We audit browser extensions, SaaS subscriptions, API connections, and user behaviour to identify every AI tool in your environment. This visibility alone often reveals compliance and data risks that need immediate attention.
Generic AI policies downloaded from the internet are not worth the PDF they are saved in. We write AI acceptable use policies that reflect your actual environment, your risk tolerance, and the regulatory requirements specific to your industry. Policies cover approved tools, prohibited activities, data handling rules, and what happens when someone breaches the policy.
AI tools without data protection controls are a compliance risk. We implement sensitivity labelling, data loss prevention policies, and conditional access rules to prevent sensitive business data from being shared with unapproved AI services. Every control aligns with your existing SMB1001 or Essential Eight security baseline.
AI governance is not a one-off project. Each quarter, we reassess your AI risk posture, review compliance with your policies, check for new shadow AI tools, and update your governance framework. You get a written report and a meeting with your account manager to discuss findings and next steps.
Every unapproved AI tool is a potential data exfiltration point. If your business follows the SMB1001 framework or the Essential Eight, AI governance fills the gaps that those frameworks were not designed for.
We align your AI policies with your existing security controls so there are no blind spots between your cyber programme and your AI programme. We require a minimum security baseline before any AI service engagement, because AI without security controls is just risk with a better interface.
AI Governance requires an active managed services agreement with Epic IT. Governance is the first step on our AI Services journey. You cannot skip it and go straight to automation.
AI governance is the framework of policies, controls, and processes that manage how your organisation uses artificial intelligence. It covers tool approvals, data protection, acceptable use, and compliance monitoring. Perth businesses need it because staff are already using AI tools daily, often without IT awareness, creating data privacy and compliance risks that grow every month they go unmanaged.
Shadow AI is the use of AI tools by staff without organisational awareness, approval, or oversight. We find it by auditing browser extensions, SaaS subscriptions, API connections, and user behaviour across your environment. The average organisation has 10 to 15 AI tools in active use that management knows nothing about. Our AI Assessment gives you full visibility.
AI Governance is about visibility and control: finding shadow AI, setting policies, protecting data, and reviewing your AI risk posture quarterly. Managed AI takes the next step: we deploy and manage AI tools across your business, build cross-system workflows, and run ongoing platform operations. Governance is included in every Managed AI engagement because you cannot safely automate what you have not governed first.
Yes. AI Governance requires an active managed services agreement with Epic IT. This ensures we have the environment access, security baseline, and ongoing relationship needed to govern AI tools properly. Every new and renewing MSA client receives a complimentary three-month Shadow AI Discovery at no additional cost.
AI governance fills the gaps that SMB1001 and Essential Eight were not designed for. Those frameworks secure your endpoints, applications, and infrastructure. AI governance secures the data flows, tool usage, and compliance risks introduced by AI adoption. We align your AI policies with your existing security controls so there are no blind spots.
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