AI Security for the Digital Workplace

F5 Newsroom Staff

Enterprises are deploying GenAI copilots and assistants across the digital workplace — from collaboration hubs and knowledge management systems to productivity copilots and employee support chatbots. These tools drive efficiency and engagement, but they also expand the corporate attack surface:

• Leakage of internal documents, intellectual property, or employee data
• Prompt injections manipulating workplace assistants to reveal restricted content
• Inaccurate or harmful outputs undermining employee trust
• Lack of oversight into how AI tools operate across departments and geographies

Our AI runtime security solutions secure the Digital Workplace vertical with Red Team to validate, Guardrails to protect, and inbuilt Observability to govern AI deployments.

Red Team: Validate Workplace AI Before Deployment

F5 AI Red Team, previously named Inference Red-Team, proactively tests AI copilots and assistants across workplace platforms (Slack, Teams, knowledge hubs, intranets) before employees rely on them.

• Agentic Resistance: Multi-turn adversarial simulations uncover how assistants could be tricked into leaking confidential content.
• Signature & Operational Attacks: 50,000+ evolving exploits test against prompt injections, denial-of-service risks, and escalation attempts.
• Workplace-Specific Validation: Identifies vulnerabilities in collaboration tools and employee chatbots that could compromise security or compliance.

Outcome for Digital Workplace Leaders: Safer rollouts of AI assistants and copilots, reducing enterprise-wide risk.

Guardrails: Protect Productivity AI in Real Time

Once in use, AI Guardrails, previously named Inference Defend, safeguards workplace AI interactions at the inference layer without slowing down workflows.

• Prevent Data Leaks: Blocks sharing of internal documents, source code, or personally identifiable information (PII) during AI-driven queries.
• Stop Adversarial Exploits: Detects and prevents prompt injections aimed at bypassing access controls.
• Flexible Controls: Security policies adapt to HR, IT, or departmental contexts while preserving productivity.

Outcome for Digital Workplace Leaders: Secure, compliant AI copilots that empower employees without exposing sensitive data.

Observability: Visibility Across the Digital Workplace

With AI assistants embedded in everyday workflows, visibility is critical to governance and compliance. Our inbuilt observability features deliver enterprise-wide oversight.

• Global Dashboards: A centralized view of AI usage and security events to enable compliance across the entire enterprise.
• Audit-Ready Logs: Captures every interaction, enabling compliance audits and internal investigations.
• Policy Enforcement: Flags non-compliant or risky uses of workplace AI before they cause reputational or legal issues.

Outcome for Digital Workplace Leaders: Trusted oversight of secure AI adoption, ensuring innovation doesn’t outpace governance.

Comprehensive AI Security for the Digital Workplace

With Red Team, Guardrails, and Observability, enterprises gain:

• Data Protection: Prevents leaks of sensitive internal and employee data.
• Operational Confidence: Secures AI copilots and chatbots employees rely on daily.
• Compliance & Governance: Simplifies adherence to privacy and workplace data regulations.
• Employee Trust: Ensures workplace AI is accurate, safe, and aligned with enterprise policies.

The Bottom Line

Our suite of AI runtime security solutions secures the Digital Workplace vertical by ensuring collaboration platforms, productivity copilots, and employee assistants are validated, protected, and observable — enabling enterprises to innovate internally without compromising security or trust.

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