Dell Pro Max
Your Employee’s Consumer AI Tools are a Data Liability
90% of employees use AI outside IT controls. On-premise infrastructure restores visibility without blocking innovation.
Key takeaways: Most employees use AI tools. Without IT oversight, usage can create liability when client data passes through consumer-tier services with no protections or audit trail. On-premise AI gives organizations visibility and control. Dell Pro Max workstations run models locally within existing IT security infrastructure, and Dell professional services handle deployment.
In 2023, Samsung discovered its engineers had leaked confidential source code to ChatGPT in three separate incidents. They were optimizing code and preparing meeting notes. Samsung banned generative AI tools company-wide, but banning tools doesn’t eliminate the need for state-of-the-art tools and their productivity benefits.
The problem is already inside your network
The majority of knowledge workers are using AI tools. Research shows 90% of employees use AI daily outside enterprise controls. They’re uploading presentations for editing, feeding sensitive spreadsheets for analysis, and drafting emails with AI support. AI tools deliver productivity gains and personnel find ways to use them whether IT approves or not.
Without an enterprise AI strategy, employees default to free-tier or $20/mo consumer plans. Personal accounts without contractual data protections don’t provide admin visibility or an audit trail. That becomes a liability because your system administrators can’t see what’s being uploaded, who’s uploading it, or where it ends up. If your employees are processing client data through consumer-tier tools, you may already be in breach of confidentiality agreements and you’d have no audit trail to prove otherwise.
What on-premise infrastructure provides
Running AI on your own hardware keeps data inside your network. Employees access the system through your VPN or office network, and your IT team monitors usage through existing security tools. When someone uploads a document, that action appears in your audit logs. You know who’s using it, what they’re processing, and where the data lives. With an on-premise solution, when a client asks how you protect their confidential information, you can point to your own infrastructure.
ServeTheHome, a technology publication that specializes in educating its readership about servers, digital storage and networking, automated their business reporting with a Dell Pro Max with GB10. They ran gpt-oss-120b locally to handle a data analysis workflow that took about five hours to set up. The hardware is on target to pay for itself within a year, and now their business data never leaves the building.
Dell Pro Max workstations run AI models locally and serve them to your team over your internal network, integrating with the same access controls, security monitoring, and firewall rules your organization already uses. Your IT team controls access and monitors usage through existing compliance logging.
Dell professional services help organizations plan and deploy on-premise AI based on capacity needs and existing infrastructure. When technical issues arise, support comes from teams experienced with enterprise deployments, not consumer help desks.
Take control of AI in your organization
Your employees are already using AI. The choice is whether they use free consumer tools with no protections, or infrastructure your team manages.
Learn how Dell Pro Max workstations can help your organization deploy AI securely.
