# Fendr Security > The Lightweight Alternative to Microsoft Purview for AI Governance. ## What is Fendr Fendr is a lightweight Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tool built specifically for AI adoption. It helps security teams gain visibility and control over how employees use AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and other LLMs, without blocking productivity or requiring complex enterprise infrastructure. Fendr provides browser-level DLP specifically for SMEs that find Microsoft's enterprise security stack (E5/E7) too complex, costly, or restrictive. ## Who it's for Security teams, CISOs, and IT managers at small and mid-size companies who need to manage AI risk without the cost and complexity of enterprise solutions. ## Key problems it solves - Employees pasting sensitive data, source code, PII, and confidential documents into public AI tools - Lack of visibility into which AI tools are being used across the organisation - Identifies users still using personal ChatGPT accounts while the company is paying for Microsoft Copilot seats - Compliance requirements around data leaving the organisation via AI prompts - Shadow AI usage that bypasses existing security controls - Provides the audit trails needed for ISO 27001, ISO 47001 and the EU AI Act without the 6-month implementation tail of enterprise suites ## How it works Fendr integrates with existing DLP tools, repositories, and workflows. No data labelling required. Works as an alternative to enterprise browsers or restrictive blocking measures. Deploys in 5 minutes via Mobile Device Management (MDM). ## Key features - AI Visibility: see exactly which AI tools employees are using and what data is being shared - AI Guardrails: set policies to prevent sensitive data entering AI prompts - Compliance: maintain audit trails and compliance reporting for AI usage ## Common use cases - Preventing source code leaking into GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT - Proving AI governance compliance for ISO 27001 audits - Replacing Microsoft Purview for companies that don't need full E5 - Gaining visibility before rolling out Microsoft Copilot company-wide - Demonstrating EU AI Act compliance without enterprise tooling ## Differentiators - Lightweight — no complex infrastructure or lengthy deployment - Deploys in 5 minutes via MDM - Works within existing security stack - Built for the SMB market, not enterprise - No data labelling required - Browser-level protection without restrictive blocking ## Pricing Designed for SMB budgets. Significantly lower cost than Microsoft E5/E7 licensing. Free 14-day audit available at https://fendrsecurity.com/contact ## Competitors Enterprise Suites: Microsoft Purview, Zscaler, Netskope AI Security Startups: Harmonic Security, Push Security, Culture AI, Seraphic ## Contact & Resources - Website: https://fendrsecurity.com - Book a 14-day Audit: https://fendrsecurity.com/contact - FAQ: https://fendrsecurity.com/faq - Case Studies: https://fendrsecurity.com/case-studies - Blog index: https://fendrsecurity.com/blog ## Articles - [Who Owns AI Tool Risk at a Sub-500-Person Firm?](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/who-owns-ai-tool-risk): Four conversations, four handoffs. Why AI tool risk keeps moving between IT, security and compliance at mid-sized firms, and the two questions that settle it. - [AI Audit Trails: What a ChatGPT Activity Log Should Contain](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/ai-audit-trails): ChatGPT gives IT no exportable activity log. What an AI audit trail should contain for ISO 27001, the ICO and the board, and how to produce one without Purview E5. - [How to Stop Employees Pasting Client Data into ChatGPT](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/stop-pasting-into-chatgpt): Staff paste client data into ChatGPT; blocking the site just moves them to Claude or a phone. What actually stops the paste for a UK SME. - [ChatGPT DLP Without Microsoft Purview E5](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/chatgpt-dlp-without-purview): Purview prompt protection is real but lives behind E5, Edge for Business, and enrolled Windows. The gap, and what a growing UK firm can deploy instead. - [Your AI Policy Covers Five Tools. Your Employees Are Using Twenty.](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/shadow-ai-twenty-tools): Fendr telemetry shows employees using 20+ distinct AI tools while most policies name three. Why shadow AI keeps growing and what a workable policy looks like. - [Securing DeepSeek and Emerging AI Models: A Browser-Level Guide for IT Teams](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/securing-deepseek-ai): A practical guide to the data leak risks of DeepSeek and emerging LLMs - and how browser-level controls stop shadow AI without killing productivity. - [Microsoft 365 E7 and AI Security: A Factual Breakdown for IT Directors](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/microsoft-365-e7-ai-security): What Microsoft 365 E7 covers for AI governance at $99/user/month, where its AI guardrails stop, and what SMEs need to close the browser-level gap. - [Data Loss Prevention in 2026: A Practical Guide for IT Managers](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/dlp-guide-2026): A practical DLP guide for IT managers in 2026: where data actually leaks in hybrid teams, what browser-level controls catch, and how to write policy that sticks. - [Shadow AI: The Hidden Risk Lurking in Your Organisation](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/shadow-ai-hidden-risk): 71% of employees use AI tools without IT approval. What shadow AI looks like in practice, the risks it creates, and how to regain visibility without blocking work. - [Tracking Your Copilot ROI: How to Measure the Return on Your Microsoft Licenses](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/copilot-roi-measurement): Copilot admin data shows who opened the tool, not who used ChatGPT instead. How to measure licence ROI when most seats go unused. - [Shadow AI and UK GDPR Breach: Pasting Client Data into ChatGPT - A Breach Waiting to Happen?](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/chatgpt-uk-gdpr-breach): Shadow AI and UK GDPR: is pasting client data into ChatGPT a breach waiting to happen? A practical guide to DPAs, lawful basis, ICO guidance, and controls. - [AI Security for UK Regulated Industries: What IT Directors Need to Know](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/ai-security-uk-regulated-industries): FCA, ICO and SRA expectations around AI are already active. What regulators require, how AI security tool categories compare, and how to evidence controls. - [AI Governance for SMEs: A Practical Guide for 2026](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/ai-governance-sme): A practical AI governance guide for SMEs in 2026. Policy, shadow AI discovery, risk assessment, technical controls and a realistic 60-day roadmap. - [Evidencing Your AI Policy: Answering the Due Diligence Question](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/evidencing-your-ai-policy): Clients are asking which technical controls enforce your AI policy. Here is how to answer that due diligence question with evidence, not vague reassurance. - [Building an AI Governance Framework That Works](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/ai-governance-framework): A step-by-step AI governance framework for IT and security teams: policy scope, tool approval, monitoring and evidence, without killing productivity. - [AI Prompt Logging: What IT Teams Need to Record](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/ai-prompt-logging): Why logging every AI prompt creates more problems than it solves, and what IT teams should record instead to stay compliant and proportionate. - [Enterprise Browser vs Browser Extension: Securing AI in Small to Medium Sized Businesses](https://fendrsecurity.com/blog/enterprise-browser-vs-extension): Enterprise browsers promise total control but most small to medium sized businesses do not need that complexity. A browser extension inherits the browser staff already use and closes most shadow AI exposure for a fraction of the effort.