AvePoint has introduced significant enhancements to its Confidence Platform, offering new features to better govern agentic AI and safeguard data across a broader range of cloud services.
This update allows customers to define risk parameters for AI agents, broadens backup capabilities across numerous software-as-a-service applications, and introduces support for various infrastructure and platform services.
Agent Governance
As agentic AI tools increasingly operate autonomously atop corporate data, concerns arise regarding how organizations evaluate their behavior, enforce necessary controls, and respond to any deviations from established policies.
The Confidence Platform now features a framework for risk definition specifically designed for AI agents. Customers can tailor their risk posture and monitor agents in accordance with these guidelines. Additionally, it provides comprehensive insights into an agent’s security posture, enabling users to resolve security issues directly from the same interface.
The new features build upon functionalities introduced through AvePoint’s AgentPulse Command Centre, marking significant progress toward more effective oversight of agents’ interactions with data and systems.
Research from MIT indicates that a staggering 95% of agentic AI initiatives fail to achieve their intended outcomes, primarily due to concerns surrounding data quality. This reality has led data protection vendors and governance experts to stress the importance of consistent controls regarding information access, retention, and recovery necessary for successful AI deployments.
In AvePoint’s strategy, monitoring is anchored to the defined risk model. Should the platform detect a security issue, customers have the ability to address agent-related risks within the Confidence Platform itself.
John Hodges, Chief Product Officer, spoke about the release as a continuation of efforts initiated last year.
“AvePoint continues to create innovative products that enhance data security and governance for AI and agentic AI, as seen with our AgentPulse launch last November,” Hodges stated. “This latest suite of updates maintains that momentum, equipping our customers with the tools they need to utilize agentic AI safely and effectively. We recognize that organizations are under pressure to successfully implement agentic AI initiatives, and we are committed to providing them the confidence and control necessary to ensure that their AI investments are impactful and secure.”
Wider Coverage
In addition to advancements in agent governance, AvePoint has broadened its support for multi-SaaS backup solutions. Newly integrated platforms include Okta, Confluence, Jira, DocuSign, Monday.com, GitHub, and Smartsheet. These services generate crucial identity data, collaborative content, development artifacts, and workflow records that many organizations consider operationally vital.
AvePoint has also introduced new infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service integrations, encompassing Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft SQL Server, and Azure VMware. Data from these sources is now accessible in the Data Resiliency Command Centre, providing a unified view of coverage and risk.
These additions align with a wider trend in data protection strategies among cloud-first organizations. As workloads often span across platforms such as Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, and specialized SaaS tools, backup and recovery policies can become fragmented, especially when teams adopt services independently. Vendors are responding with broader connectors, centralized policy management, and reporting systems that map data sources to risk and compliance standards.
John Peluso, Chief Technology Officer, emphasized that the expansion is designed for customers navigating multiple cloud environments.
“We understand that today’s challenges in data protection and governance extend beyond a single platform or cloud environment,” Peluso expressed. “That’s why AvePoint is committed to enhancing protection and governance support for our customers across Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, and various other cloud platforms. Our mission will always be to safeguard you and your data, regardless of where it resides or when you operate.”
Backup Strategy
This announcement builds upon AvePoint’s commitment to data protection and what it characterizes as a “unified and extensible foundation” for information safeguarding. The company also highlighted its role as a launch partner for Microsoft 365 Backup Storage and showcased its Cloud Backup Express product for backup and recovery solutions.
In the competitive landscape of cloud data protection, backup performance is a critical factor, especially for collaboration suites where large tenants can face extended recovery times. Organizations also need to balance cost and complexity when determining which systems require rapid restoration and which can afford longer recovery timelines.
AvePoint asserts that customers can “right-size” their protection strategies, allowing quicker coverage for specific sources. The company will elaborate on these product updates during an upcoming webinar, with additional platform improvements anticipated as the adoption of agentic AI continues to grow across various business functions.
