Microsoft Copilot and everyday AI tools can expose every over-shared file and mis-set permission in your business — instantly. MerIT gets you Copilot-ready: we map your exposure, clean up access, and put governance guardrails in place so AI makes you faster, not vulnerable.
The productivity is real — and so is the exposure. Here's what changes the day you enable AI across your business.
AI answers using each user's existing access. Years of "just share it with everyone" mean employees can surface files they were never meant to open — and now it takes one sentence, not digging.
Employees are pasting contracts, client data, and code into public AI tools right now. That data can be retained, exposed, or used to train models you don't control.
HIPAA, PCI, CMMC, and cyber-insurance renewals increasingly expect data governance and DLP. "We turned on Copilot and hoped for the best" is not a defensible answer.
A clear, fixed-scope path from "we're not sure what AI could reach" to a clean, monitored, defensible baseline.
We map access across SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams (and Google Drive), flag over-shared and public-link content, and locate unlabeled sensitive data.
We surface where staff are using unapproved AI tools and where company data is leaving your control.
Permission cleanup, Microsoft Purview data labeling & DLP, and sensible acceptable-use guardrails — so AI only reaches what it should.
Ongoing Managed AI Guardrails: continuous DLP, permission-drift alerts, OAuth/app oversight, and reporting for your board and auditors.
A tenant-wide oversharing and permission-drift analysis — exactly what AI could expose, ranked by risk, with a remediation roadmap.
Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels, data-loss-prevention policies, and encryption so sensitive data is classified and protected everywhere it lives.
Entra Conditional Access, MFA, and least-privilege access — identity as the new perimeter, layered with your EDR/MDR, not instead of it.
Ongoing monitoring of DLP, permissions, and third-party AI app connections (OAuth), with clear reporting — so your clean baseline stays clean.
The same governance applied whether you run Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, or both — including Copilot and Gemini.
Governance mapped to HIPAA, PCI, and CMMC expectations — documentation and audit trails you can hand to regulators and insurers.
Tell us about your environment and we'll show you where your real exposure is, with a clear, no-obligation plan to close the gaps.
A MerIT AI governance specialist follows up within one business day.
Microsoft 365 Copilot answers questions using whatever a user already has permission to open. In most tenants, years of over-sharing mean employees can technically reach far more than they should — old HR files, finance folders, another department's data. Copilot surfaces all of it instantly. Readiness means finding and fixing that over-exposure before you switch AI on, so Copilot boosts productivity without turning a permissions mess into a data breach.
We map who can access what across SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams; flag over-shared and "anyone with the link" content; identify sensitive data (PII, PHI, financials, IP) that isn't labeled or protected; discover shadow-AI use where staff paste company data into public tools; and hand you a prioritized remediation plan. You get a clear picture of your real exposure and a path to fix it.
Shadow AI is employees using AI tools your business hasn't vetted — pasting client data, contracts, or code into public chatbots where it can be retained and exposed. We discover where it's happening, set acceptable-use guardrails, and put controls in place (approved tools, DLP, OAuth app governance) so people keep the productivity without the leak.
Some governance controls (advanced Purview, SharePoint Advanced Management, Entra P2) need specific licensing — often E5, E5 Security, or Business Premium plus add-ons. We assess what you already own, show you exactly what a given control requires, and quote license costs transparently as your cost, never buried in our fee. You decide the depth of protection you want to fund.
Yes. The same risks — over-shared Drives, sensitive data with no labels, staff using public AI — exist in Google Workspace, and Google is rolling AI (Gemini) into it too. We govern both platforms, so you're covered whether you're Microsoft, Google, or a mix.
Both, by design. We start with a fixed-scope assessment and remediation to get you to a clean, defensible baseline. Then Managed AI Guardrails keep it that way — ongoing DLP, permission monitoring, OAuth/app oversight, and reporting — because permissions drift and AI tools change constantly. Governance is a posture, not a one-time cleanup.
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