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Security-conscious engineering teams use Pretense to unlock AI productivity without compromise on compliance or IP protection.

HealthBridge AI

Healthcare

HIPAA

“Pretense gave us confidence to adopt AI coding tools without risking patient data exposure. We blocked 847 potential ePHI leaks in the first month.”

Director of Engineering, HealthBridge AI

847

ePHI Leaks Blocked

first month

+34%

Dev Velocity

with AI tools

Passed

Compliance Audit

HIPAA 2026

Challenge

Engineering team wanted to use AI coding assistants but CISO blocked adoption due to PHI exposure risk in a HIPAA-regulated environment.

Solution

Pretense proxy deployed in 30 minutes. All AI traffic automatically screened for 18 HIPAA identifiers before leaving the network.

Result

Full AI coding tool adoption with zero compliance incidents. Security team approved Claude Code and Cursor for all 47 engineers.

HealthcareHIPAAClaude Code

Meridian Capital

FinTech

PCI-DSS

“We were leaking production API keys into AI prompts weekly before Pretense. Now it is zero. The ROI paid for itself in the first week.”

VP of Security, Meridian Capital

API Key Leaks

since deploy

1,200+

Secrets Blocked

per month

28 min

Time to Deploy

full team

Challenge

Developers routinely pasted production credentials into AI prompts for debugging. Secrets were being logged in external AI providers.

Solution

Pretense intercepts all API calls and blocks credential patterns before transmission. Deterministic mutation preserves code context.

Result

Zero credential exposure incidents in 4 months. PCI-DSS audit passed with AI usage documented as controlled.

FinTechPCI-DSSSecret Scanning

Orion Defense Systems

Defense

ITAR/EAR

“Our engineers can now leverage AI without classified technical data leaving our environment. Pretense is the only tool that actually mutates code rather than just detecting problems.”

Chief Security Officer, Orion Defense Systems

100%

IP Protected

of AI requests

<0.1%

False Positives

block rate

2.4M

Identifiers Mutated

per month

Challenge

ITAR/EAR regulations prohibit transmission of controlled technical data to foreign cloud providers. AI tool adoption was effectively banned.

Solution

Pretense mutation transforms all identifier names before transmission. Algorithm names, component names and system architecture references become opaque synthetics.

Result

Legal approved AI tool usage with Pretense as the control mechanism. Engineers use Claude Code and Cursor without compliance risk.

DefenseITARCode Mutation

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