We are excited to announce the launch of the AI Trust Layer for Cortex as a native app in the Snowflake Marketplace. As a result, enterprises now have a powerful new way to secure and govern AI-powered applications built on Snowflake and beyond.
Today, organizations increasingly rely on AI tools such as Cortex Agents, RAG pipelines, and text-to-SQL interfaces in daily workflows. However, as AI adoption grows, enterprises must also protect sensitive data and enforce dynamic access controls more effectively.
To solve this challenge, Trust3 developed the AI Trust Layer for Cortex with Trust3 Guard, a security and governance layer purpose-built for modern AI environments.
What is the AI Trust Layer for Cortex?
Trust3 provides a real-time policy enforcement layer that sits directly between users and AI applications.
Before an AI system returns a response, Trust3 evaluates whether the user should access that information in the current context. Consequently, organizations can apply security and governance policies dynamically and consistently.
The platform supports several key capabilities, including:
- Prompt Injection Protection: Detect and block attempts to manipulate AI responses or bypass safeguards.
- Context-Aware Redaction: Mask or remove sensitive information such as PII and PHI based on user roles and business context.
- Dynamic Access Controls: Apply real-time policies using Snowflake RBAC, identity signals, and contextual data.
- Custom Guardrails: Create and enforce business-specific governance rules across AI workflows running both inside and outside Snowflake.
You can think of Trust3 as a security checkpoint for your AI stack. Before the AI model responds, Trust3 verifies whether the user should access specific data at that moment and within that context.
How Does the AI Trust Layer for Cortex Help You?
Modern AI systems no longer operate in isolation. Instead, they continuously query sensitive enterprise data and interact with users in unpredictable ways.
Even well-trained AI models can expose sensitive information or behave unexpectedly when organizations fail to implement strong guardrails.
Therefore, Trust3 brings structure, security, and governance into fast-moving AI environments.
With Trust3, organizations can ensure that:
- AI applications respect enterprise data entitlements and privacy policies
- Developers avoid hard-coding complex access logic into every application
- Governance and security teams maintain visibility and control as AI usage expands
Whether your organization builds AI agents in Snowflake or connects to external LLMs through APIs, Trust3 enforces policies at the interaction boundary without slowing innovation.
Real-World Use Cases
Financial Services: AI Customer Assistant
Imagine a banking agent asking an AI assistant, “What is the credit limit and transaction history for John Doe?”
In this scenario, Trust3 helps organizations:
- Restrict sensitive financial data to users with proper entitlements
- Automatically redact Social Security numbers and payment card information
- Prevent prompt manipulation attacks that attempt to expose restricted information
Healthcare: Medical Knowledge Assistant
Healthcare professionals often query AI assistants for treatment recommendations or patient summaries.
In these cases, Trust3 can:
- Automatically redact PHI according to HIPAA requirements
- Limit diagnostic history access to approved medical roles
- Log all AI interactions for auditing and compliance reporting
Built for Snowflake, But Not Limited to Snowflake
Trust3 integrates directly with Snowflake RBAC and Cortex workflows. However, organizations can also extend the same governance layer across broader AI ecosystems.
For example, Trust3 supports:
- Public LLM APIs such as OpenAI and Anthropic
- Embedded AI assistants inside Salesforce, Workday, or custom enterprise applications
- External RAG systems connected to enterprise knowledge platforms
Wherever AI systems interact with sensitive enterprise data, Trust3 can provide consistent policy enforcement and protection.
Summary
AI innovation continues to move quickly. At the same time, enterprise security and governance risks continue to grow.
Trust3 gives organizations a simple yet powerful way to apply security controls, redaction policies, and real-time governance across their AI environments.
You can now find the AI Trust Layer for Cortex app live in the Snowflake Marketplace and start securing AI workflows without slowing innovation.