Merlin had alerts. They had tools. They had experienced security leadership. What they needed was the story between the moves. When something sensitive moved outside the business, the hardest part was not knowing that something happened. It was understanding how, when, and why.
Above gave Merlin's team a clearer view of user behavior where work actually happens: in the browser. That meant the team could move earlier, not louder. Instead of waiting for someone else to raise the alarm, Merlin could bring the right context to the business first.
For Merlin, the value was not more noise. It was a better position: earlier visibility, clearer timelines, and the confidence to act before risk became harder to contain. Above is invaluable for a business that deals with intellectual property.
Opening Position
Fast growth, rising complexity
With more employees, more tools, and more AI usage, AlphaSense needed a way to understand behavior without reducing people to alerts.
Shadow AI at scale — the risk hiding in plain sight
Despite only 200 approved licenses, 900+ employees were using unauthorized ChatGPT accounts — exposing shadow AI risk in plain sight.
Seeing the board, not just the alerts
Above gave AlphaSense visibility into the holistic world of what a human is doing — not just isolated signals.
Understanding intent, not just activity
Above helped AlphaSense understand why a person might be trending towards making a decision that may end up badly — before it became a problem.
The Stronger Position
Faster timelines, better evidence, more confidence
What once took weeks of investigation can now be addressed in hours — and in some cases, minutes. The team moves faster with better context and more confidence.
Surfacing what matters most
Above brings to the surface the most important issues — so the team knows exactly where to focus and can move faster with confidence.
Education, not punishment
When Above surfaced 400 people using unauthorized AI, AlphaSense responded with an education program. AboveSec is not there to judge — it's there to guide.
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What you get with Above is like a storyline of intent. Above links together all of the alert and tooling that you already have in your organization and pieces it together in a nice, easily readable pack.
Security Team, Merlin
Next Move
AlphaSense is scaling its security program alongside its growing workforce. With visibility now across the full board, the team is moving from reactive investigation to proactive education — giving employees the context they need to make better decisions with AI tools.
The goal is not just faster investigations. It is a smarter, more empathetic security posture — one where the team can understand behavior holistically and respond with education before a risk becomes an incident.
