{"id":6135,"date":"2026-05-27T12:22:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=184261"},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:22:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:22:04","slug":"dariel-urges-businesses-to-evolve-security-policies-for-the-ai-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/dariel-urges-businesses-to-evolve-security-policies-for-the-ai-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Dariel Urges Businesses to Evolve Security Policies for the AI Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Technology_FQI-scaled.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Dariel urges organisations to evolve existing security and governance frameworks rather than treating AI as an entirely new challenge. According to Wayne Yan, responsible AI adoption requires disciplined governance, controlled permissions and strong accountability to protect trust and reduce risk.<\/p>\n<p>The future of AI adoption lies in disciplined execution, governance, and responsible implementation rather than unchecked experimentation.<\/p>\n<p>As enterprises accelerate the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and agentic systems, the conversation around data protection is becoming more urgent. Yet according to Dariel CTO Wayne Yan, organisations should resist the temptation to treat AI as an entirely new governance problem. Instead, businesses should evolve and extend the same information security principles they already rely on today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFundamentally, data loss prevention protocols are essential rules designed to ensure that sensitive data either has authority or not to traverse organisational boundaries,\u201d says Yan. \u201cThose boundaries may be defined by geography, networks, systems, or even departments within the organisation. The type of rules embodied in data security policy are really not different for AI-oriented solutions. These are essentially the same policies one would apply under any integration-driven solution.\u201d<br \/>Yan explains that while AI introduces new layers of complexity, the underlying governance challenge remains familiar. Enterprises already manage ecosystems of partners, SaaS providers, cloud platforms, and integrations. AI solutions simply extend those ecosystems further.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Understanding the AI stack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To govern AI responsibly, organisations first need to understand the building blocks of modern agentic systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>According to Yan, these typically include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A large language model (LLM), which may be proprietary, open-weight, or self-hosted.<\/li>\n<li>Training data used to build the model, often a combination of public and private information.<\/li>\n<li>Context layers that provide domain-specific enterprise knowledge.<\/li>\n<li>Context-bound rules that shape how answers are generated.<\/li>\n<li>APIs and integrations that allow agents to perform business actions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe real governance question is how private domain data traverses\u2019 enterprise boundaries,\u201d Yan explains. \u201cFor example, if the LLM is hosted in a foreign jurisdiction, should it receive context that is not legally allowed to leave a legislated boundary?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He notes that businesses do have options, including self-hosting models or limiting how external hosted services are used. But these decisions require careful governance, particularly when organisations operate in regulated industries or across multiple jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not unlike the governance models businesses already apply to traditional cloud or SaaS solutions,\u201d he says. \u201cThe responsibility of the CIO remains the same: understand your legislative requirements, define your information boundaries, and manage integration parties responsibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The trust dilemma<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While data governance remains critical, Yan believes the larger unresolved issue lies in the trustworthiness of AI-driven decision making. \u201cThe pressing question organisations need to answer is: to what extent can they trust the decision-making capability of AI?\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike traditional software systems, large language models are probabilistic rather than deterministic. This means outputs may appear plausible and convincing without necessarily being factually correct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorrectness is not guaranteed,\u201d Yan explains. \u201cSemantic plausibility is not equivalent to factual accuracy. An answer can look right while still being wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He points to scenarios where AI agents may guide customers toward financial products, insurance policies, or automated onboarding processes. In these environments, questions around accountability quickly emerge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf an AI-driven broker agent provides advice that is not in the customer\u2019s best interests, who becomes liable?\u201d Yan asks. \u201cIs it the LLM provider, the developer who assembled the solution, or the organisation that provided the contextual data? Businesses need to understand that these risks extend far beyond traditional data loss prevention concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Responsible AI implementation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Yan, organisations should avoid rewriting their information security policies entirely. Instead, they should evolve and augment existing frameworks to accommodate AI-enabled systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe common problem is that information wants to be set free,\u201d he says. \u201cThe common solution is that effort must be applied to implement information security that confines information for permissible and lawful use. This pattern transcends technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He adds that agentic systems should operate under tightly governed permissions, much like human users within enterprise environments. \u201cAgents designed for specific intentions should only be allowed to execute actions aligned with their mandated intent,\u201d Yan says. \u201cThe endpoints within the private domain must still be guarded no differently than before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Dariel, the future of AI adoption lies in disciplined execution, governance, and responsible implementation rather than unchecked experimentation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInnovation without governance creates risk,\u201d Yan concludes. \u201cBusinesses absolutely should adopt AI technologies, but they need to tread responsibly. The customer trust relationship must never be jeopardised in pursuit of automation or convenience.\u201d Ends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Dariel<\/strong><br \/>Founded in 2001 on the principle of delivering solutions right, the first time, Dariel bridges the gap between human ingenuity and technology. Our strong client partnerships reflect a commitment to excellence and our consultative approach to software engineering makes us a trusted partner for innovative and sustainable tech solutions. Proudly independent, Dariel is part of the JSE-listed Capital Appreciation Group. https:\/\/www.dariel.co.za\/<\/p>\n<p>For more information: Samantha Hogg-Brandjes | GinjaNinja | samantha@ginjaninja.co.za | +27-84-458-4857<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author<\/strong>: Samantha Hogg-Brandjes from <strong>GinjaNinja PR (PTY) Ltd<strong> on behalf of <strong>Dariel<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<h3>Track Your Press Release HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"mypr-visibility-box\" readability=\"4.2608695652174\">\n<h4>Check Online Visibility<\/h4>\n<p>Verify where this release is currently indexed:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\" aria-current=\"page\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/dariel-urges-businesses-to-evolve-security-policies-for-the-ai-era\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/dariel-urges-businesses-to-evolve-security-policies-for-the-ai-era\/\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to Read the Original Press Release on MyPR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dariel urges organisations to evolve existing security and governance frameworks rather than treating AI as an entirely new challenge. 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