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Seed from audit findings
Begin with the AI uses Shadow AI discovery already uncovered, rather than from zero.
Use Visibility & Inventory builds and maintains a living record of how AI is used across the organization: which tools, by whom, for what tasks, on what data, and touching which decisions. Visibility is the prerequisite for risk management, controls, compliance, and monitoring. The audit almost always finds it is the highest-leverage gap to close first.
Our browser extension is a fast, contained way to gain point-of-use visibility. Governance 1st maintains the inventory as a living asset register across the five asset types and three ownership tiers.
Begin with the AI uses Shadow AI discovery already uncovered, rather than from zero.
Capture AI use where it actually happens, in the browser, so the inventory reflects reality rather than what was self-reported.
Record purpose, data categories, decisions touched, and risk level so the inventory supports triage, not just counting.
Sanction and support valuable but ungoverned uses; remediate or retire high-exposure ones.
A lightweight way for new AI uses to be registered and reviewed so the inventory stays current by design.
Periodic reconciliation against fresh visibility signals to catch drift and new shadow use.
Without visibility, risk management, controls, compliance, and monitoring cannot be done well. This workstream unblocks the rest of the program.
A scoping conversation about your current visibility (if any), what the browser-extension entry point looks like, and how the inventory grows from there.