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Barracuda launches AI Data Security to control what employees send to chatbots

Barracuda plugs the data-leak gap: new product stops employees from dumping proprietary data into ChatGPT and Claude.

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As chatbot adoption outpaces enterprise policy, a new security layer addresses the control gap between employee AI usage and corporate data governance — a practical problem practitioners need to solve now.

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  1. Barracuda Networks launched Barracuda AI Data Security

  2. Product monitors and controls employee data sent to AI tools/chatbots

  3. Targets gap between rapid employee AI adoption and slow enterprise policy

  4. Positioned for smaller organizations (SMB focus implied)

  5. Addresses data leakage/governance risk in chatbot era

  6. Barracuda launches AI Data Security product

  7. Monitors and controls employee data sent to AI tools (chatbots)

  8. Targets the control gap between rapid AI adoption and slow policy creation

  9. Positioned at smaller companies (specific sizing TBD)

  10. Release date: September 22, 2026

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Publisher excerpt: Cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks Inc. today launched Barracuda AI Data Security, a product that monitors and controls what company data employees feed into artificial intelligence tools. The release goes after a control gap that opens when workers adopt chatbots faster than their employers…
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