Zero Trust for AI systems

The runtime authority for enterprise AI.

Control what AI systems are allowed to do in production. Enforce policy before execution and automatically generate audit-ready evidence.

For compliance, security, risk, and engineering teams shipping AI agents into regulated workflows.
Enforcement is table stakes. Provable compliance is the moat.
Model agnostic
Local zero-egress mode
Tamper-evident records
Low-latency checks
DriftGard dashboard showing runtime AI governance controls
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Blockunsafe decisions before release
Proofevidence created automatically
Where DriftGard sits

Between AI decisions and business impact.

Every enterprise deploying AI needs a runtime authority. DriftGard is that authority.

Users and applications Prompts, agent requests, workflow context, model IDs, and tool calls.
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DriftGard Evaluate policy, govern models and tools, block risky actions, and create evidence.
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AI and business systems LLMs, agents, APIs, approvals, customer workflows, and regulated actions.
Production AI agent risk

These are not chatbot problems. They are business-impact problems.

When agents can call tools, access regulated data, approve workflows, and trigger downstream systems, a bad response can become a real action.

AI approved a high-value action

A support agent called a payment or refund tool without an amount limit, role check, or approval boundary.

AI emailed confidential customer data

A prompt injection or unsafe tool argument caused PII, secrets, or regulated customer context to leave the system.

Regulator asks why the AI approved it

Weeks later, the team cannot prove which policy was active, why the decision passed, or whether a control fired.

Why guardrails are not enough

Most tools check what AI says.

Prompt filters, evals, and dashboards help teams understand output risk. They often answer: what did the AI say?

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Text inspectionUseful for content safety, but incomplete for agentic workflows.
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After-the-fact monitoringDashboards can alert teams after risk already reached the business.
What DriftGard controls

DriftGard controls what AI does.

DriftGard evaluates decisions and actions in the runtime path. It answers: was it allowed, why, and can we prove it?

Pre-action enforcementAllow, block, redact, fallback, or route to human review.
Decision evidenceStore policy version, violations, risk, metadata, provenance, and integrity fields.
Runtime architecture

Observe, control, and prove every AI decision.

Start with low-friction evaluation, then move selected production workflows into Inline Enforcement when teams are ready for DriftGard to sit in the model-call path.

Evaluation Mode

Audit existing AI apps without changing provider traffic.

Your application calls the model, then sends prompt, response, model, tool, and agent context to DriftGard for policy evaluation, evidence, reporting, and live activity.

Inline Enforcement

Put DriftGard directly between your app and the LLM.

Use the OpenAI-compatible /gateway/v1/chat/completions endpoint or SDK gateway methods to enforce policy before and after provider execution across OpenAI-compatible, Azure OpenAI, and Anthropic providers.

InputPrompt, response, model, toolCapture decision context from SDK, API, local, gateway, batch, or test workflows.
PolicyControl Pack evaluationRun pattern rules, semantic checks, DLP, model governance, and tool governance.
DecisionAllow, block, redact, reviewReturn a clear runtime decision with risk score, fallback, and metadata.
EvidenceAudit trail and rollupsPersist decision evidence, security events, cost, latency, and agent rollups.
OperateMonitor and improveUse live activity, security center, cost governance, backtests, and reports.
Core platform

Four controls that matter in production.

Everything else in DriftGard supports these outcomes: enforce, govern, investigate, and prove.

RT

Runtime enforcement

Evaluate existing AI traffic or route model calls through DriftGard's Inline Enforcement gateway. Allow, block, redact, fallback, fail over across providers, or route to live approval.

GV

Model and tool governance

Approve model IDs, validate tool access, enforce agent and user context, and inspect risky parameters.

SC

AI operations visibility

Track prompt injection, policy evasion, DLP, risky tool usage, agent behavior, cost, tokens, and latency.

EV

Compliance evidence

Generate audit records, reports, provenance, integrity checks, and framework-mapped evidence from real AI traffic.

Governed Knowledge

Govern the knowledge your AI uses, not just the answer it gives.

DriftGard adds policy, trust, retrieval audit, and replay to enterprise RAG workflows so teams can prove which documents shaped a model response.

Governed RAG

Source-aware retrieval for regulated AI.

Connect upload, S3, or Confluence knowledge sources, attach source trust metadata, suppress archived or expired content, and inject approved context through DriftGard's AI Gateway.

Source trust controlsStatus, owner, reviewed date, and trust score influence what can be retrieved.
Gateway context injectionRetrieve governed chunks before the provider call and require citations in the answer.
Retrieval replayAudit the exact chunks used originally, then replay against current knowledge to spot drift.
1. QuestionUser or agent asksThe request enters DriftGard through search, SDK, or AI Gateway.
2. RetrieveGoverned retrievalSearch project knowledge sources and score matching chunks.
3. FilterPolicy and source trustSuppress archived, expired, low-trust, or unreviewed sources before context is used.
4. InjectAI Gateway contextSend only approved chunks to the model with citation instructions.
5. ProveEval, audit, replayStore citations, suppressed candidates, conflict signals, quality scores, and replay evidence.

Build RAG workflows your risk team can inspect.

Use DriftGard to govern prompts, responses, tools, models, and the knowledge context that feeds AI decisions.

Try governed RAG
Developer-visible decisions

A policy decision your application can act on.

DriftGard returns structured decisions that product teams can use for fallback messages, approvals, workflow routing, UI warnings, or audit workflows.

Clear decision sourceKnow whether the result came from policy, cache, circuit breaker, or failure mode.
Decision metadataAppend structured metadata by risk tier to drive application behavior.
Evidence linkageConnect runtime decisions to control packs, evaluations, security events, and reports.
runtime decision
{
  "decision": "block",
  "decision_source": "policy",
  "risk_score": 22.4,
  "model_id": "gpt-4o-mini",
  "violations": [
    {
      "clause_id": "ADV-IGNORE-INSTRUCTIONS",
      "severity": "high"
    }
  ],
  "decision_metadata": {
    "review_required": true,
    "workflow": "security_triage"
  },
  "evidence": "stored"
}
Real scenario

Customer support AI in fintech.

Same workflow, different outcome. One creates a compliance incident. The other blocks the risk and creates evidence.

Without DriftGard

1Customer asks about refund policy.
2AI gives incorrect advice: "You are entitled to a full refund."
3Customer acts on it and demands refund from support.
4Compliance team finds out weeks later.
5No clear evidence of what policy was active or why it passed.
Result: incorrect refunds, compliance breach, weak audit trail.

With DriftGard

1Customer asks about refund policy.
2AI generates a response with an unsupported refund claim.
3DriftGard detects policy violation and blocks in real time.
4Customer receives safe fallback or human handoff.
5Decision record, rule, risk, and evidence are stored.
Result: incident prevented, evidence ready, audit review faster.
Compliance operations for AI

Enforcement stops the incident. Evidence proves it.

DriftGard is designed for teams that must show what happened, why it happened, who approved it, and which policy was active at the time.

EU AI Act ISO 42001 NIST AI RMF APRA HIPAA GDPR Custom frameworks
Capability Open-source guardrails Runtime security tools DriftGard
Policy enforcementYesYesYes
Tool call validationYesYesYes
Per-tool identity rulesLimitedPartialYes
Approved model governanceNoPartialYes
Decision metadata for workflowsNoPartialYes
Local evaluation modeNoNoYes
Tamper-evident audit trailNoNoYes
Compliance reports and evidenceNoNoYes
Board-ready reportingNoNoYes
Agent, cost, and latency rollupsNoPartialYes
Backtesting, synthetic, and batch testingPartialPartialYes
Time to audit evidenceWeeksWeeksMinutes
Engagement models

Start with proof. Scale into production control.

DriftGard is usually adopted through a scoped pilot, then expanded into runtime governance once the policies, workflow, and evidence model are validated.

Pilot

Design partner

Validate DriftGard against one high-risk AI workflow with hands-on support.

  • Policy and risk review
  • Runtime evaluation setup
  • Control Pack configuration
  • Evidence export
Run a pilot
Enterprise

Custom

For larger environments with sovereignty, support, or partner requirements.

  • Everything in production
  • Local and metadata-only modes
  • Advanced testing workflows
  • Industry templates
  • Dedicated support
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Short answers for teams evaluating DriftGard as a runtime governance layer.

Is DriftGard a monitoring tool?

No. DriftGard sits in the runtime path. It decides what AI is allowed to do, blocks violations before they reach users, validates tool calls before execution, and creates evidence that the control was applied.

How does it handle AI agent tool calls?

Tool calls are evaluated against policy using model ID, tool name, parameters, agent identity, user context, jurisdiction, chain depth, cost, and data sensitivity before the action is allowed to proceed.

What happens if DriftGard is unavailable?

The SDK supports circuit breaker behavior and configurable failure modes. Teams can choose fail-open for availability-sensitive paths or fail-closed for high-risk workflows.

Can we run it without sending sensitive content to DriftGard?

Yes. Local evaluation and metadata-only modes let sensitive prompts and responses stay inside your environment while still reporting verdict metadata for dashboards and compliance evidence.

How quickly can we start?

A pilot can start with one high-risk workflow, one control pack, and SDK or API evaluation. Most teams begin in observe mode, then move selected controls into enforcement.

Get started

Request a demo or pilot audit

Tell us what AI agents or copilots you are shipping. We will show the control path, integration model, and evidence workflow that fits your environment.

What you will see in the demo

Harmful response blocked in real time with fallback.
Agent tool call validated by identity and parameter rules.
Governed knowledge retrieval with citations and replay.
Model governance and decision metadata in action.
Agent, cost, token, and latency visibility from live traffic.
Audit evidence and compliance reporting generated from the same workflow.
Common starting point

Start in observe mode, profile real AI behavior, generate control policies, then enable runtime enforcement when ready.