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Is Glean safe for work?

Glean is an enterprise AI search assistant that indexes and answers across your internal apps. Here is where it shows up, and how to see and govern it across your team.

What it is
Glean is an enterprise AI search assistant that indexes and answers across your internal apps.
Where it shows up
In the browser, and as desktop and IDE assistants.
The data risk
Queries can include confidential context, and connectors can reach internal documents.
Govern it with Northbeams

See who uses Glean, then decide.

Northbeams catalogues Glean and shows every user across the browser, desktop, CLI, and MCP surfaces, plus the network. Then block it, allow it by team, or sandbox it, in one click.

  • •See every user of Glean, tied to a person, not a mystery IP
  • •Block, allow by team, or sandbox Glean in one click
  • •Coach users toward your sanctioned alternative at the DNS layer
  • •Keep signed evidence of Glean usage for your AI inventory and auditor

Common questions

How do I see who is using Glean?
Install Northbeams across your fleet and your first sweep lands within 24 hours, with every Glean user attributed by name across browser, desktop, CLI, and MCP. No proxy, no MITM cert, no network change.
Can I block Glean?
Yes. Block it, allow it by team, or sandbox it in one click, and coach users toward a sanctioned tool at the DNS layer.
Is Glean sanctioned or high-risk?
That is your call. Northbeams sorts every tool as sanctioned, unknown, or high-risk and lets you set the policy per team. Glean sits in the unknown bucket by default until you decide.

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