Generative AI has long been integrated and networked into business processes. Your data, your code, your strategy: you are more vulnerable than ever before. e3 and Symantec are building safe spaces for a digital world in which machines want to know everything - and get what remains unprotected.

Whether ChatGPT is translating internal reports or Copilot is writing lines of code - AI is fast, clever and largely reliable. But this newfound efficiency comes with risks: What gets into AI systems in the first place is difficult to retrieve. The content that you have run off is analyzed, stored and processed without you knowing about it or being able to control it. If you don't actively counteract this, you are voluntarily giving away your knowledge - and therefore your most valuable asset. Day after day, prompt after prompt.

The new reality: AI channels are data vacuum cleaners and create new security gaps. Every document, every piece of information can become part of global models. Data protection, intellectual property, compliance? All just a theory if the architecture isn't right. Without protection, confidential information becomes publicly exploitable, strategic information becomes arbitrary and knowledge becomes training material. e3 and Symantec build systems that prevent this.

Intelligent cybersecurity solutions from e3 and Symantec in response

Artificial intelligence presents companies with many challenges, but also opens up exciting opportunities. e3 and Symantec are combining their many years of expertise to help companies use AI in a targeted, profitable way and with minimal risks.

1 Automatically recognize and evaluate sensitive data

AI is used to identify and classify confidential information. This could be personal data in an HR document or confidential financial information in an Excel report. Even when employees work remotely or use a wide variety of software, Symantec DLP in combination with e3 DLP consistently secures information.

2 Monitor AI communication channels

To control where confidential information is passed on, Symantec DLP considers AI applications such as ChatGPT or Copilot as independent communication channels - similar to email or web browsers. Only through such holistic monitoring can you ensure that sensitive information does not leave your company unnoticed.

3 Manage incidents with AI-supported analyses

With the help of AI analyses, your security teams can identify, evaluate and prioritize security incidents more quickly. This can increase efficiency and response speed enormously.

4 Use generative AI systems locally

With local, on-premises AI systems, you can also use generative AI for development departments to benefit from new technologies and increase efficiency while ensuring security.

5 Encrypt data before uploading to SaaS applications

If data is required for SaaS applications, it can be made inaccessible using field encryption. This involves the targeted encryption of specific data fields, for example in forms or databases. It is crucial that the data is encrypted before it enters SaaS applications and is retrieved by integrated AI modules.

While field encryption protects structured data, rights management is used for unstructured data such as documents or emails - i.e. defined guidelines for controlling access, processing and forwarding. In combination, both processes form a consistent, seamless information protection system.

6 Finding customized solutions through consulting

e3 and Symantec will advise your company individually and support you in implementing your security strategy. If your approach to AI is compliant with data protection regulations, you can ensure that you do not lose either efficiency or innovative strength.

Future-proof cybersecurity for your digital transformation

For over 25 years, e3 has been protecting information from access by third parties. Today it's about more: digital self-defense in a world where data can be copied, read and misused at any time. Together with Symantec and Arrow, e3 develops security solutions for companies that know: If you don't protect your data, you don't just lose control - you lose the future.

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Note: Article published in September 2025 in the NetWeek published.