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AI Security and Governance for Orange County Businesses

Your staff are already pasting emails, contracts and customer data into AI tools — often ones nobody approved. We show you which AI tools are in use, stop sensitive data from leaving in a prompt and turn your AI policy into rules that are enforced on every device. We do it with SentinelOne Prompt Security, from the same company behind the SentinelOne MxDR that already protects our clients’ devices. It’s available now as an add-on to Managed Care.

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AI security · SentinelOne Prompt Security

Use AI. Keep your data.

Every prompt from your staff, code assistants and AI agents is checked before it leaves: client data is redacted, approved use goes to your enterprise AI tool, unapproved tools are blocked, and it’s all logged for your audits.

  • Every AI tool in use, approved or not
  • Client data redacted before it leaves
  • Rules by role, enforced on every device
  • A searchable log for audits and insurers
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The AI risks most businesses can’t see

Shadow AI

Free chatbots, browser extensions and AI features inside everyday apps get adopted without IT ever hearing about them. You can’t govern tools you don’t know exist.

Data leaving in a prompt

A pasted client list, contract, financial report or password is data you no longer control — and on free plans it may be used to train the model.

A policy nobody enforces

Most AI policies are a PDF people signed once. Without controls on the devices, there’s no way to know it’s followed — or prove it to an auditor.

Agents and code assistants

AI agents and coding tools can reach files, systems and secrets on their own. They need the same least-privilege limits as any other account.

How we manage AI with SentinelOne Prompt Security

  • 01 · Discover

    See every AI tool in use

    An inventory of the AI tools, extensions and code assistants your team actually uses — approved or not — and who is using them.

    Shadow AI discovery
  • 02 · Protect

    Keep sensitive data out

    Client records, financials, credentials and source code are redacted or blocked in real time before they reach an AI tool.

    Real-time redaction
  • 03 · Enforce

    Rules by role

    Decide who can use which AI tools, how, and with what data. Unapproved tools are blocked or pointed to the one you’ve approved.

    Policy enforcement
  • 04 · Report

    Proof for audits

    A searchable log of AI use and blocked attempts, with the trends reviewed in your quarterly business review.

    Audit trail

Governance, not just a tool

Software enforces the rules; someone still has to decide what the rules are. Our vCISO works with your leadership on the decisions, and our engineers put them in place.

A written AI use policy

Plain-language rules for which tools are approved, what data never goes into AI and who to ask — written with you, not copied from a template.

One approved enterprise AI tool

We help you standardize on an enterprise plan — Claude, ChatGPT or Microsoft 365 Copilot — with admin controls and your data kept out of model training.

Copilot without oversharing

Copilot can surface anything a user has access to. We clean up Microsoft 365 permissions first — see our AI & Copilot readiness assessment.

Training your team

Safe AI use is part of our security awareness training, so staff know what not to paste and why.

Agents on a short leash

AI agents and their connections to your systems are discovered and limited to what they need, with every action logged.

Ready for auditors and insurers

Your policy, controls and logs map to the AI questions now showing up in CMMC, SOC 2 and cyber insurance reviews.

We run it on ourselves first

Every tool we offer runs on CAL IT Group’s own devices before it reaches a client. Prompt Security is no exception: our team’s AI prompts are protected and visible to our security team today, so we know exactly how it behaves and what your staff will see.

AI security and governance is one layer of our managed cybersecurity services, alongside SentinelOne MxDR, email security and dark web monitoring.

Talk to us about AI security

Not sure which AI tools your team is using, or what’s going into them? Talk to an engineer — we’ll walk you through what Prompt Security would show for your company and what a sensible AI policy looks like for your business.

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What sets us apart

Fast response, deep security, senior expertise and engineers on-site.

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Response time you can measure

96%LIVE of calls are answered by an engineer in under 60 seconds, every ticket is assigned in under 10 minutes, and every email or portal ticket gets a real engineer within 20 minutes (Mon–Fri, 5 AM–6 PM). Calls never go to voicemail during service desk hours, and the same team is on call 24×7.

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24×7 NOC & SOC MSSP-grade security

A security provider, not just an IT provider

We operate as a managed security service provider (MSSP): SentinelOne MxDR, a 24×7 NOC & SOC, managed SIEM, DefensX browser security, security awareness training, vulnerability management, penetration testing and CMMC support — run by a team audited for SOC 2 Type II across all five Trust Services Criteria.

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55+ years of combined experience

Senior technical expertise behind every ticket

Led by hands-on co-founders Kevin Nichols and Joe Kemp, with 55+ years of combined IT experience. Every engineer passes a technical assessment, we staff above our workload, and nobody works on something they’ve never seen before without an experienced engineer alongside — no call center, no offshore tier.

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On-site included, no trip fees

Engineers who come to you

When hands-on work is needed, a local engineer is dispatched from our Huntington Beach office. On-site support is included in Managed Care — no dispatch fees, trip charges or hourly on-site rates — from the same team that knows your environment.

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We re-earn your business on every ticket. No contract ever replaces doing the work well. Every user who opens a ticket gets a satisfaction survey when it closes, and every score is visible to our whole team and leadership — the averages are published live for anyone to see.

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Best-of-breed, by design

Industry-leading tools, chosen and run by engineers

We’re technology agnostic: we don’t resell a single vendor’s bundle or push the platform with the best margin. Every tool we recommend is a best-of-breed industry leader — selected, tested and configured by our own engineers because it’s right for your business.

Our leadership team is highly technical. Our co-founders, Kevin Nichols and Joe Kemp, are hands-on engineers, not just managers, and they constantly re-evaluate our tools and service offering — retiring what falls behind and adding what keeps clients ahead. You get enterprise-class technology that keeps improving, without lifting a finger.

  • SentinelOneMxDR endpoint protection
  • Microsoft DefenderPlan 2 & Intune device management
  • QualysVulnerability management
  • LiongardConfiguration & change monitoring
  • NinjaOneRemote monitoring & patching
  • 24×7 NOC & SOCManaged SIEM & threat hunting
  • Veeam + AzureBackup & off-site replication
  • Azure Site RecoveryCloud disaster recovery

Just some of the technologies we use.

AI Security & Governance FAQs

Should we just block AI tools?

Usually not. Blocking pushes people to personal phones and accounts, where you can’t see anything. The better approach is to pick one approved enterprise AI tool, steer people to it and control what data goes into any AI tool.

Which AI tools does Prompt Security cover?

It recognizes thousands of AI services — chat assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot, AI features built into everyday apps, code assistants like GitHub Copilot and Cursor, and AI agents — including ones nobody approved.

Does it record everything employees type?

It looks at what goes into AI tools, not everything typed on a computer. Prompts that break your policy are blocked or redacted and logged for your security team. We help you tell staff exactly what’s monitored and why, in plain language, as part of your AI use policy.

We already use Microsoft 365 Copilot. Do we still need this?

Copilot is a good approved tool, but it only sees what your Microsoft 365 permissions allow, and your staff still use other AI tools. We fix oversharing before Copilot goes live and govern every other AI tool your team touches.

Will this slow people down?

No. Approved tools work as normal. Staff only notice it when they try to paste something sensitive, or use a tool your policy doesn’t allow — and then they see a short explanation and the approved alternative.

Is AI security included in Managed Care?

It’s an add-on to Managed Care, available now. You’ll find it with the other additional services on our pricing page, and we’ll scope it to the number of users and AI tools you have.

Can this help with CMMC, SOC 2 or cyber insurance questions?

Yes. More audits and insurance applications now ask how you control AI. A written AI policy, enforced controls and an audit log of AI use give you real answers instead of “we told staff to be careful.”

Success stories

Rated 5.0 on Google and Clutch.

Real reviews from the businesses we support — not a curated quote wall.

★★★★★Google
“Knowledgeable and proactive group that partners with you to assure your objectives are met, along with planning for future needs. All balanced with supporting your business day in and day out with a friendly, responsive and competent help desk. Recommend and would select them again!”
Tom G
★★★★★Google
“CAL IT has been a game changer for us. They tackle issues quickly and efficiently for us. So grateful their expertise. I highly recommend their services.”
Kelli Foudy
★★★★★Google
“We have worked with Cal It for several years now, They are very responsive and professional. We would highly recommend them.”
Cathy Goff

Customer service first · we re-earn your business on every ticket

Obsessive about service. Relentless about the details.

CAL IT Group brings enterprise-class IT, cybersecurity and SOC 2 Type II–audited operational excellence to small and midsize businesses across Southern California — a customer service organization first and foremost, proven day in and day out for over 10 years.

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