Bradley Gross joins Kipling Secure as strategic advisor

Kipling Secure has named MSP attorney Bradley Gross as a strategic advisor to help shape its AI governance capabilities for managed service providers. The move comes as MSPs face growing pressure to manage AI use, customer data and policy enforcement across client environments.

Why it matters: - Kipling Secure is building AI governance tools for managed service providers at a time when MSPs are being asked to manage how customers use AI, handle sensitive data and assign responsibility. - Bradley Gross brings 27 years of legal experience in the MSP market, giving Kipling Secure input on the policy and compliance side of AI risk management. - The advisory role is meant to help MSPs deliver managed AI security services while creating recurring revenue opportunities.

What happened: - Bradley Gross was named Strategic Advisor to Kipling Secure, an AI Detection and Response platform built for managed service providers. - Gross is known in the managed services industry for advising MSPs on contracts, risk allocation and legal issues. - Kipling Secure said Gross will help guide its AI governance capabilities. - Saurabh Sandhir, Kipling Secure’s CEO, said Gross’s perspective will help the company build governance capabilities that reflect MSP operating realities.

The details: - Gross will advise Kipling Secure on AI governance best practices, statutory and regulatory developments, and emerging case law. - Kipling Secure says its platform helps MSPs discover AI usage across customer environments, identify unauthorized AI tools, enforce policies and protect sensitive data. - The platform combines visibility, governance and reporting for managed service providers. - Kipling Secure says MSPs can use the platform to manage AI risk across customer environments. - The company’s website is more information. - Gross has counseled thousands of managed service providers over 27 years. - Gross also writes, speaks and hosts The Technology Bradcast, a podcast focused on business and legal issues in managed services.

Between the lines: - The appointment signals that AI governance is becoming a legal as well as technical issue for MSPs. - Kipling Secure appears to be positioning its platform around compliance, accountability and policy enforcement rather than only AI detection. - Bringing in a prominent MSP attorney may help the company speak more directly to the concerns of providers that need practical, defensible rules for customer AI use.

What's next: - Gross is expected to help shape Kipling Secure’s governance features as legal standards around AI continue to evolve. - MSPs using the platform may see new tools or guidance tied to policy creation, responsibility assignment and risk management. - Kipling Secure is likely to keep emphasizing managed AI security as part of its value proposition to MSPs.