Defence & National Security

Move faster with AI. Keep humans in control.

AI can create significant operational advantage, but sensitive environments require stronger control, assurance and accountability. norse3 provides an independent governance layer around AI interactions — applying organisation-defined policies, intercepting designated risks and creating reviewable evidence of what happened.

norse3 helps organisations govern the AI they choose to deploy. It is not a weapons system and does not replace the underlying AI, model or agent.

The control & evidence path

Illustrative
Your people & systemsOperators, analysts, connected workflowsSOURCE
Bifröst RelayConnect · normalise · routeNORSE3
Aegis input controlInspect prompts, uploads and requestsNORSE3
AI / model / agentThe system you choose to deploy — unchangedEXTERNAL
Aegis output & action controlInspect responses and intended actionsNORSE3
Allow · Warn · Redact · Block · Hold · EscalateYour configured action appliesNORSE3
Heimdall oversightHuman review, triage and reportingNORSE3
PolicyHuman oversightIncident reviewEvidence

norse3 sits around the AI you deploy — it does not replace the underlying model, agent or system.

The defence AI challenge

AI adoption cannot come at the expense of control.

Defence organisations increasingly need to exploit commercial and specialist AI while maintaining appropriate governance over the things that matter most.

Sensitive information
Model outputs
User permissions
AI-generated recommendations
AI agents and tool actions
Human approvals
Incident escalation
Data handling
Evidence and accountability

Move at AI speed

Adopt commercial and specialist AI quickly.

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Maintain control

Keep policy, oversight and evidence in place.

norse3 is designed to help organisations do both.

Six defence benefits

Governance that keeps pace with adoption.

01

Protect sensitive information

Reduce the risk of personnel unintentionally exposing sensitive information to AI systems.

User submits information
Aegis detects designated sensitive content
Policy applied
Redact / Block / Escalate
Event recorded
02

Govern AI outputs

Inspect designated AI outputs before they reach users or downstream workflows.

Unsupported claims
Restricted information
Policy violations
Unsafe recommendations
Unapproved content

No control detects every risk. Coverage is configured to your policy.

03

Control AI agents

As AI moves from answering questions to taking actions, governance must move with it.

AI proposes an action
norse3 evaluates policy
Permitted → continue · otherwise → hold
Human authorisation
Approve / reject
Evidence recorded

e.g. accessing a restricted internal system, sending an external communication, or retrieving information outside an authorised scope.

04

Human oversight

Keep accountable people at the points that matter. Policies determine which interactions continue automatically and which require review.

Low riskContinue
Medium riskWarn / record
High riskHold
CriticalBlock + escalate
05

Reviewable evidence

Know what happened, which policy applied and who made the final decision.

EventAssistant asked to release restricted internal information
RiskSensitive-data extraction · Critical
PolicyRestricted information not disclosed outside authorised scope
System actionHOLD + ESCALATE
Human reviewerAuthorised reviewer (assigned)
DecisionRejected — request out of scope
TimestampRecorded at time of interaction
OutcomeNo disclosure · evidence retained

Synthetic Heimdall record. Illustrative only.

06

Deployment control

Deploy according to the sensitivity of the environment.

HostedManaged by norse3
Private cloudYour cloud tenancy
Customer-controlledYour environment

Exact architecture, accreditation, network requirements and data residency require technical discovery. Air-gapped, classified or SECRET-level deployment is not claimed.

Defence use cases

One control layer across defence AI adoption.

Personnel AI

Govern employee use of generative AI and copilots.

Sensitive information disclosure
Restricted document submission
Inappropriate AI usage
Policy violations

Apply organisation-defined policy to what personnel can send to, and receive from, AI tools.

Adversarial AI

AI systems will be tested by more than ordinary users.

Run a synthetic attack and watch it move through detection, policy, intervention, incident and review. These are demonstrations only and do not enable real attacks.

Synthetic examples only. Nothing here enables a real attack.

Prompt injection

SEVERITY HIGH
Attempt—
Detection—
Policy—
Intervention—
Incident—
Review—
Responsible AI

Governance that supports responsible adoption.

How norse3 controls map to relevant public frameworks and principles. Select a framework to see the principle, the operational question, the norse3 control and the evidence it creates.

Dependable AI in Defence (Part 1: Directive, 2024)

Principle / expectation

Appropriate human oversight of AI-enabled capability

Operational question

Which AI decisions or actions require a human in the loop?

norse3 control

Organisation-defined policies can hold designated interactions or actions for authorised human review before they continue.

Evidence

Record the event, the policy applied, the reviewer and the final outcome.

Principle / expectation

Robust, reliable and assured through the lifecycle

Operational question

How is AI behaviour monitored once it is live?

norse3 control

Runtime inspection of inputs, outputs and actions against your policy, with configurable interventions.

Evidence

A reviewable trail of interventions supports ongoing assurance activity.

Framework mappings are educational and do not constitute accreditation, certification, legal advice or confirmation of compliance. norse3 is not MOD-approved, NATO-approved or government-accredited.

Defence AI assurance explorer

Assess an AI deployment.

Answer a few questions about an AI system and generate an illustrative control architecture showing where norse3 could sit. This is not a security accreditation or regulatory approval.

Deployment

Deploy according to the environment.

norse3 sits as an independent control layer between your users and the approved AI services you deploy. Switch between deployment options to see how the boundary changes with sensitivity.

User / systemOperators, analysts, connected workflows
norse3 control layerPrivate cloud deploymentCONTROL
Approved AI servicesThe models and agents you choose to deployAI

Private cloud

Deployed within your own cloud tenancy for tighter data-residency control.

Runs inside your tenancy so data residency and network boundaries stay under your control.

Specific security classifications, network architecture, accreditation requirements and data-handling controls require technical assessment. Deployment requirements differ according to the sensitivity of the environment.

Procurement & assurance

Built for environments where assurance matters.

Diligence-ready information, showing only what is verified today.

VERIFIED

ISO 9001

Quality management — certified.

VERIFIED

ISO 42001

AI management system — certified.

ROADMAP

SOC 2

Roadmap / readiness work in progress — not yet certified.

Human oversight

Escalation and final decisions stay with your people.

Policy management

Configure and version organisation-defined policies.

Audit records

Reviewable evidence for each handled interaction.

Flexible deployment

Hosted, private cloud or customer-controlled.

Configurable access

Role-based access to the console and records.

Configurable retention & tenant separation

Retention windows to policy; tenants not commingled by default.

Defence sales journey

Request a Defence & National Security Briefing.

Tell us a little about your organisation and area of interest, and we'll arrange an appropriate briefing with the norse3 team.

  • An independent view of where governance could sit around your AI
  • How policy, oversight and evidence apply to your environment
  • Deployment options against your sensitivity requirements

Do not submit classified, operationally sensitive or security-protected information through this form.

Adopt AI fasterProtect sensitive informationControl what AI can doMaintain human accountabilityCreate evidenceDeploy to the environment

AI capability will move quickly. Control must move with it.

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