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AI governance control plane vs DLP
DLP, CASB and SASE products are data-centric controls on the network and endpoint, and they are good at blocking known data patterns wherever they appear. An AI governance control plane knows what an agent is, who owns it and which limit applies to it, so it complements DLP rather than replacing it.
- AI governance control plane
- One place that knows every agent in the company, who owns it and what it is allowed to do, and keeps the audit trail. Lustena is an AI governance control plane.
Definition
- DLP, CASB and SASE
- Data-centric controls on the network and endpoint, such as Microsoft Purview, Netskope and Zscaler, that find and block sensitive data patterns as data moves.
Definition
When to pick each
AI governance control plane or DLP, CASB, SASE
AI governance control plane
DLP, CASB, SASE
Pick it when
AI governance control plane
You need to answer which agents exist, who owns each one, what each is allowed to do, and prove it to an auditor.
DLP, CASB, SASE
You need to stop sensitive data patterns leaving through email, web, endpoint and cloud, AI included.
Governance
AI governance control plane
Versioned limits per agent in six dimensions: tools, MCP servers, hosts, data classes, autonomy and schedule.
DLP, CASB, SASE
Policies per data pattern, user and destination. They do not know what an agent is, who owns it or which limit applies.
Security
AI governance control plane
Twelve data classes classified on the device with content-free findings attributed to an agent and a session; red-team scans of your own agents.
DLP, CASB, SASE
Mature pattern matching and blocking across the whole data estate.
Observability
AI governance control plane
Sessions per app, team and agent, one audit trail and evidence packages for GDPR, EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF, AIUC-1 and LGPD.
DLP, CASB, SASE
Incidents per data event, user and destination.
Deployment
AI governance control plane
A browser extension by policy, a Python SDK and an MCP server, next to the DLP you already run.
DLP, CASB, SASE
Network, endpoint and cloud deployment across the company.
Capability matrix
Side by side
DLP, CASB and SASE capabilities describe the category as a whole, drawn from public documentation for products such as Microsoft Purview, Netskope and Zscaler as of October 2026; individual products vary. We build Lustena, so read us as an interested party.
Sources: Microsoft Learn: Purview data loss prevention; Netskope; Zscaler.
- Offered
- Partial or preview
- Not documented
- Not offered
| Capability | AI governance control plane | DLP, CASB, SASE |
|---|---|---|
| Data | ||
| Blocking sensitive data patterns across email, web, endpoint and cloud | Not offered Scope is AI use and agents | Offered |
| Classifying pastes and uploads to AI apps in the browser | Offered On the device; warn, block, redact on the Enterprise plan | Partial or preview Varies by product and browser |
| Content-free findings by default | Offered | Not documented |
| Agents | ||
| Knows what an agent is and who owns it | Offered | Not offered |
| Versioned limits per agent in six dimensions | Offered | Not documented |
| Code agents and coding assistants in the same inventory | Offered Python SDK, MCP server | Not documented |
| Red-team scans of your own agents | Offered Ten checks mapped to OWASP LLM Top 10 | Not documented |
| Evidence packages mapped to GDPR, EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF, AIUC-1 and LGPD | Offered | Not documented |
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between an AI governance control plane and DLP?
DLP is data-centric: it recognizes sensitive patterns and blocks them as data moves. An AI governance control plane is agent-centric: it knows every agent, who owns it and what it is allowed to do, and attributes each finding to an agent and a session.
When is DLP the better choice?
When the problem is data leaving through every channel, not only AI. DLP, CASB and SASE cover email, web, endpoint and cloud, and that breadth is something a control plane does not try to match.
Does Lustena replace our DLP?
No. Lustena complements it. DLP keeps blocking data patterns across the company; Lustena adds the agent layer DLP does not have: inventory, owners, per-agent limits and evidence.
Does Lustena send prompt content to the cloud?
No, not by default. Classification runs on the device and only categories, counts, destinations, channels and HMAC fingerprints leave it. Opt-in redacted capture is an Enterprise plan feature.
Which data classes does Lustena recognize?
Twelve, classified on the device, including email addresses, payment cards, API keys, JWTs, private keys and national formats such as Brazil's CPF and CNPJ, and Brazilian phone numbers. On the Enterprise plan you can warn, block or redact per data class.