YASH provides a structured, expert-driven implementation of Defender for Cloud AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM), empowering organizations to secure AI systems across Azure. Our offering features a comprehensive assessment, guided enablement, and ongoing optimization to ensure continuous improvement of the security posture and compliance readiness for AI workloads.

Assessment Phase

Activities

• AI Workload & AI BOM Discovery: Identify AI services, models, pipelines, supporting resources, and AI components for complete visibility
• AI Posture Evaluation: Review AI security exposure, posture gaps, and Defender for Cloud security insights across AI workloads
• IaC Misconfiguration Detection: Identify risks introduced through infrastructure-as-code templates and deployment configurations
• Compliance Mapping: Align AI posture controls with governance and compliance requirements, including GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001, and more

Benefits

• Enhanced visibility into AI workloads, dependencies, and exposure points
• Faster identification of misconfigurations and AI posture gaps
• Establishes a strong baseline for AI governance and secure scaling

Deliverables

• AI security posture assessment report
• AI BOM visibility snapshot (AI asset inventory view)
• Prioritized gap remediation recommendations and optimization roadmap

Implementation Phase

Activities

• Enable and configure Defender for Cloud AI-SPM across Azure environments
• Define AI security posture policies, risk prioritization workflows, and governance controls
• Enable attack path analysis to identify critical AI risk concentrations and exposures
• Integrate AI-SPM findings with Microsoft Sentinel and third-party SIEM/SOAR platforms
• Conduct knowledge transfer and operational handover to customer teams

Benefits

• Accelerates AI-SPM onboarding with structured governance and posture controls
• Improves AI security posture prioritization with actionable visibility
• Seamless integration into existing security operations and reporting

Deliverables

• Fully configured Defender for Cloud AI-SPM environment
• AI posture policies + prioritized risk framework
• Integration documentation and operational playbooks
• Training and handover materials

BAU (Business-As-Usual) Phase

Activities

• Continuous monitoring of AI posture insights, recommendations, and exposure patterns
• Regular posture tuning and governance rule updates aligned to evolving risks
• Support for AI-related incident investigation and security validation
• Monthly posture reporting and compliance posture reviews
• Advisory on new Defender AI-SPM enhancements and roadmap alignment

Benefits

• Continuous improvement in AI security posture maturity
• Reduced manual governance and tracking through ongoing control alignment
• Sustained readiness for audits, compliance, and AI risk management

Deliverables

• Monthly AI posture insights & improvement reports
• Updated governance baseline configurations
• Risk trend summaries and prioritized recommendations
• Advisory notes aligned to Defender for Cloud roadmap