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AI Security Control Implementation

Full-Stack AI Defenses: Agent Identity, Prompt DLP, Guardrails & Vaulted Secrets

Implement defense-in-depth across identity, secrets, data protection, guardrails, and logging on your existing technology stack. We configure licenses you already own before introducing new tools.

Delivery Turnaround
5 – 10 Business Days
Lead Engineer Profile
Senior CEH & PenTest+ Certified
Pricing Structure
Fixed Scope per Tier (4-8 Weeks Engagement)
Engagement Intake
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Standardized 5-Phase Technical Methodology

Phase 1: Architecture Review & License Optimization
Week 1 ISO/IEC 42001 Clause A.4, CIS Controls v8

We review your AI infrastructure stack, identifying opportunities to leverage existing investments (IdP, Secrets Managers, SIEM) before recommending new specialized tooling.

KEY ACTIVITIES:
  • Reviewing cloud accounts, LLM API gateway architectures, and model inference endpoints
  • Auditing current access patterns, hardcoded secrets, and direct API key usage
  • Prioritizing high-risk AI systems for immediate control rollout ('Risk Tier First')
  • Mapping existing enterprise licenses (Okta, Entra ID, HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
DELIVERABLE: ✓ Technical Control Architecture Blueprint & Implementation Roadmap
Phase 2: Identity, MFA & Autonomous Agent Identities
Weeks 2 - 3 ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A.4 Resources, NIST SP 800-63

We enforce enterprise SSO and mandatory MFA across all internal and third-party AI applications, provisioning discrete machine identities for autonomous AI agents.

KEY ACTIVITIES:
  • Integrating enterprise AI platforms with corporate IdP (Okta/Entra ID) with Conditional Access
  • Creating dedicated service principals and scoped machine identities for AI agents
  • Enforcing least-privilege role boundaries on agent access to corporate databases and APIs
  • Eliminating shared developer API keys and unmanaged service accounts
DELIVERABLE: ✓ Enforced SSO/MFA Configuration & Scoped Machine Identity Matrix
Phase 3: Vaulted Secrets & Secure API Gateways
Weeks 3 - 4 ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A.4 & A.10, OWASP Secrets Management

We transition all direct LLM model calls through secure enterprise AI gateways with centralized secrets vaulting, automated token rotation, and rate limiting.

KEY ACTIVITIES:
  • Vaulting all third-party model API keys (OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock) in HashiCorp Vault / Cloud KMS
  • Deploying centralized AI gateways (LiteLLM, Portkey, Kong, Cloudflare AI Gateway)
  • Enforcing automated token rotation schedules and zero hardcoded credentials in source code
  • Configuring per-application budget quotas, rate limits, and egress IP restrictions
DELIVERABLE: ✓ Vaulted API Key Infrastructure & Active Enterprise AI Gateway
Phase 4: Prompt DLP, Vector Trimming & Guardrails
Weeks 5 - 6 ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A.7 Data Quality, OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications

We deploy real-time guardrails to prevent prompt injections, intercept sensitive data exfiltration (PII/secrets), and restrict agent tool calling to authorized functions.

KEY ACTIVITIES:
  • Configuring inline semantic guardrails (NeMo Guardrails, Llama Guard, Azure AI Content Safety)
  • Implementing DLP regex and machine learning classifiers on user prompts and model responses
  • Trimming RAG vector embeddings to enforce user-level document access controls
  • Enforcing strict tool allow-lists and schema validation for autonomous function calls
DELIVERABLE: ✓ Configured AI Guardrail Policy & Prompt Data Loss Prevention Filters
Phase 5: Telemetry Streaming & Audit Evidence Capture
Weeks 7 - 8 ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A.8 Transparency, Splunk/Elastic SIEM

We route all prompts, completions, agent actions, tool calls, and administrative events into your enterprise SIEM, generating automated audit evidence for ISO 42001 Annex A.

KEY ACTIVITIES:
  • Building custom SIEM ingestion parsers for AI gateway and agent log streams
  • Establishing real-time alert rules for prompt injection attempts and PII leaks
  • Generating automated audit evidence logs mapping directly to ISO 42001 Annex A controls
  • Conducting end-to-end testing to verify zero performance degradation on model latency
DELIVERABLE: ✓ Active SIEM Logging Pipeline & ISO 42001 Annex A Technical Audit Binder

Technical Scope & Deep Architectural Analysis

Deploying AI systems without dedicated security controls exposes enterprises to catastrophic risks: stolen API keys generating hundreds of thousands of dollars in unauthorized inference bills, autonomous copilots reading confidential customer data without authorization, and untracked prompts leaking corporate secrets. BlueCiphr implements defense-in-depth security controls across identity, secrets, data protection, guardrails, and telemetry, leveraging your existing software stack for maximum ROI.

Standard Operational Verification Checklist

  • Transition all employee-accessible AI applications behind enterprise SSO and MFA
  • Migrate all hardcoded LLM API keys to central secrets vault with automated rotation
  • Deploy enterprise AI gateway to enforce rate limits, budget caps, and egress IP filtering
  • Implement prompt DLP to prevent sensitive corporate source code and customer PII leakage
  • Enforce strict tool allow-lists and human-in-the-loop authorization gates on agent actions
  • Stream all prompts, model completions, and agent tool execution logs into central SIEM
  • Export structured technical audit evidence binder for ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A verification

Key Deliverables Included

  • AI Architecture Hardening Configuration Across Identity (IdP), Secrets, and Gateways
  • Semantic AI Guardrail Rulesets (Input/Output Filters, Tool Allow-Lists, Jailbreak Defenses)
  • Prompt DLP & RAG Access Trimming Implementation Guides
  • SIEM Ingestion Parsers & Telemetry Connectors for LLM Gateways
  • ISO 42001 Annex A Audit Evidence Binder for Implemented Technical Controls

Regulatory Alignment

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Annex A.4, A.6, A.7OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications 2025NIST AI RMF PROTECTCIS Benchmarks v3.0

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