Patriot Consulting Releases AIShield365 Survey Tool to Help Organizations Assess Their AI Governance Posture
The rapid adoption of generative AI tools inside the enterprise has outpaced the policies, controls, and oversight that most organizations have in place. Sensitive data is flowing into AI assistants through unmanaged browser extensions, personal accounts, and over-permissioned Copilot deployments — often without the security team's knowledge. The AIShield365 Survey Tool gives security and compliance leaders a structured, vendor-neutral way to take stock of where they stand across data classification, identity, endpoint, and acceptable-use policy.
"AI is the single biggest shift in enterprise technology since the move to the cloud, and most organizations are flying blind on governance," said Joe Stocker, CEO of Patriot Consulting and a Microsoft MVP in Security. "The AIShield365 Survey Tool gives security leaders a fast, honest snapshot of where their AI governance program actually stands — and a clear set of next steps they can take using the Microsoft 365 and Azure technology they already own."
The assessment walks respondents through a focused set of questions covering AI acceptable-use policy, sensitivity labeling and Purview data classification, Microsoft Copilot readiness, endpoint controls for unmanaged AI tools, identity and conditional access posture, and incident response readiness for AI-related events. Upon completion, participants receive a maturity scorecard and a set of prioritized recommendations grounded in Microsoft 365 and Azure capabilities. The tool is also being used internally by Patriot as the starting point for AI Governance engagements, which leverage Microsoft Purview, Entra, Intune, and Defender to bring generative AI use under managed, auditable controls.
The AIShield365 Survey Tool is available now at aishield365.ai. No registration is required to complete the assessment. Organizations interested in a full AI Governance design engagement — including Microsoft Copilot readiness, Purview data classification, and conditional access hardening — can contact Patriot Consulting through patriotconsulting.com.
Patriot Consulting Technology Group is one of the top Microsoft Security Partners in the United States. Each year we help an average of 4 million users deploy Microsoft Security technology. We focus 100% on securely deploying Microsoft Cloud technology with an emphasis on knowledge transfer—this empowers our clients to feel confident about both their security and investments in the Microsoft platform. Patriot's deep knowledge of Microsoft technology has earned us multiple Gold Competencies, and we were the only Microsoft Partner invited to participate in AccountGuard, which helped secure the US 2020 and 2024 elections.