The average business now runs five or more AI tools. Almost none were approved, vetted, or covered by a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement. We discover what is already running on your devices, implement custom acceptable-use policies, and protect your liability with board-ready certifications.
Lockdown CyberSecurity delivers dedicated AI Governance services built for small and mid-sized businesses that need defensible compliance standards without the enterprise price tag. Founded by David Howard, a 20+ year IT and security veteran — and 100% veteran-owned — with experience spanning Fortune 100 enterprises, Fortune 500 companies, and the US Military. We believe in providing concrete, verifiable evidence of software behaviors rather than assuming written manuals are followed.
Do you have cyber insurance? Carriers are raising standards for AI liability. If you cannot demonstrate that your staff use vetted systems covered by proper Business Associate Agreements (BAAs), underwriters can deny claims when data leaks occur. We ensure you stay compliant and insurable.
Most cybersecurity companies check your security stack and walk away from compliance exposure. General risk consultants only validate your questionnaires. LockDown bridges the gap.
Checks your self-reported questionnaires and validates that you have basic tools like MFA or backups. They evaluate what controls you *claim* to have, completely missing unapproved AI use. They grade homework they cannot inspect.
Focused entirely on uptime, operations, and technical support. They manage email and backups but structurally lack the risk-assessment capabilities, BAA vetting templates, and policy frameworks needed to govern data transfers.
We combine point-in-time endpoint discovery scanning with custom policy writing, vendor review, BAA verification, and continuous risk monitoring. The discovery runs on our own read-only collector — built and maintained in-house, updated as new AI tools emerge — not a checklist or a generic scanner. Direct, artifact-level evidence showing what is actually running.
We establish your policy baseline, find unapproved software usage, and transition your practice to continuous, defensible compliance.
The diagnostic starting point. An authorized, read-only endpoint discovery scan running locally or pushed via IT management systems. No network scans, and full privacy-first safeguards.
Ongoing oversight that turns a point-in-time baseline into a defensible standard. We handle policy adjustments, review new vendor technologies, and keep you insurable.
Plain answers about AI risk management and governance standardizations.
AI governance is the process of defining, vetting, and managing how employees use Artificial Intelligence tools. It ensures that staff do not paste private business documentation, client data, or protected health information (PHI) into public learning models, keeping your organization compliant with regulations (like HIPAA) and cyber insurance policies.
We deploy a read-only script that searches endpoints for traces of AI activity (browser history hostnames, browser extension IDs, running processes, local model weight files, environment keys, and listening ports) against our maintained signature catalog of over 150 AI services. It does not install agents and completes in seconds.
No. Privacy-first architecture ensures we log only the names and counts of AI tools. The scanner never reads prompt values, document contents, keystrokes, or screen pixels. Additionally, usernames and hostnames are salted-hashed by default to protect individual privacy.
Insurers look for operational controls. If your staff upload sensitive data to public AI databases and cause a breach, underwriters will review your compliance policy. If you cannot demonstrate active, verified controls and signed Business Associate Agreements (BAAs), underwriters have grounds to deny the claim.
Rarely. Firewalls are easily bypassed by browser extensions, VPNs, or local offline LLM runtimes (like Ollama). Traditional endpoint security looks for viruses and malware, not employees uploading spreadsheets into a browser. Our collector checks 12 independent endpoint indicators to capture what firewalls miss.
Yes — 100% US Veteran-owned and operated. Founded by David Howard, a 20+ year IT and cybersecurity veteran with experience spanning Fortune 100/500 consulting, small business operations, and the US Military. We apply military-grade detail to business risk management.
Let's align on your business risks. In 60 minutes, we'll outline your compliance gaps and determine if a risk scan makes financial sense.