Strac for Biotech & Life Sciences

Protect research IP and patient data in the age of AI.

Discovery teams live in AI tools, notebooks, shared drives and chat, and so do your most valuable assets: unpublished research, compound and sequence data, partner documents and clinical data. Strac finds sensitive data across those tools, including in what AI agents touch, and stops it from leaking without slowing science down.

Trade secrets & IPHIPAAGDPRSOC 2ISO 27001Partner & pharma diligence
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AI-native biotech teams use Strac as their control point.

“A single control point where we can monitor not only what our users are doing, but what our users' agents are doing.”Dean Latney, Senior Staff Systems Engineer, Genesis Molecular AIHear from more customers →
The challenge

Your IP is only as safe as the tools your scientists use.

Research IP is unstructured

Compound structures, sequences, assay results and model weights live in documents, notebooks and chat threads. There's no regex for a trade secret.

AI agents now act for your users

Scientists connect AI assistants and agents to drives, wikis and data stores. Every connection is a new path for data to leave.

Clinical and patient data raises the stakes

Trial and patient data brings HIPAA and GDPR obligations into teams built for speed, not compliance.

Partners demand strong controls

Pharma partners and investors run security diligence before sharing data or signing deals. Weak data controls slow both down.

See Strac in action

Fix data leaks where they happen.

Slack
Strac redacting a driver's license and sensitive text in Slack in real time
Zendesk
Strac redacting an SSN, driver's license number and ID images in a Zendesk ticket

Redact sensitive data in chat and support tickets

Research, clinical and partner teams share data in Slack and ticketing tools all day. Strac redacts participant identifiers and PHI in messages and attachments before they spread.

  • Real-time redaction and masking in messages, tickets and attachments
  • In-house OCR catches data inside images, scans and PDFs
  • Users get a short explanation, so behavior improves over time
AI assistant

Illustration of Strac's browser and endpoint protection.

Use AI without leaking sensitive data

Scientists use AI to analyze results and draft reports. Strac removes participant identifiers from prompts and blocks confidential research files, flagged by a custom data element trained on your IP, from being uploaded to AI tools.

  • Browser extension for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot and any web app
  • Redact, warn or block before prompts and uploads are sent
  • Endpoint agent covers desktop apps, USB and personal cloud on Mac, Windows and Linux
Strac sits between AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot and business apps like Slack, Salesforce, Google Drive and GitHub

Govern AI agents through MCP

AI-native research teams connect agents to drives, notebooks and lab systems. Strac is the single control point: it sees what each agent touches and redacts PHI and confidential IP in every response.

  • See every agent and every tool call it makes
  • Block or approve access per agent, in real time
  • Redact sensitive data inside every MCP response
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Where teams start

The workflows biotech teams secure first

Monitor users and their AI agentsClaude, ChatGPT, Gemini, MCP

Apply DLP to prompts, uploads and agent activity from one control point. Genesis Molecular AI uses Strac to see what users and their agents are doing.

Protect proprietary researchGoogle Drive, OneDrive, Box, Notion

Train custom data elements on your own research documents so Strac can find and protect confidential IP, not just standard PII.

Lock down external sharingGoogle Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint, Box

Find files shared publicly or with personal accounts and revoke access automatically when they contain sensitive data.

Keep clinical data containedSlack, Gmail, Microsoft 365, S3

Detect PHI and personal data from studies in chat, email and buckets, and redact or restrict it.

Stop data leaving on laptopsMac, Windows, Linux, browsers

Detect sensitive files moving to USB, personal cloud storage or unsanctioned web apps.

What Strac detects

IP, PHI and PII, in one engine.

Confidential and proprietary files (custom models)Trade secrets (custom models)Source code and algorithmsPatient names and record numbersHealth plan numbersDates of birthBiometric IDs and full-face photosAPI keys and cloud credentialsPasswords and private keysNames, emails and phone numbersNational IDs from 45+ countries

Strac ships with 250+ pre-built detectors powered by in-house ML and OCR models, so data inside scanned PDFs and images is caught too. Need something unique to your business? Add a custom data element and Strac trains a detector for it. See the full catalog →

Compliance

Controls that hold up to regulators and partners.

Trade secret protection

Reasonable measures

What it asks: Trade secret law generally expects owners to take reasonable measures to keep information secret.

How Strac helps: Demonstrable controls: classify confidential research, restrict sharing and stop it from leaving through chat, email and AI.

HIPAA

Clinical and patient data

What it asks: Safeguards for protected health information handled by covered entities and business associates.

How Strac helps: Detect the 18 HIPAA identifiers across SaaS, cloud and AI tools, with automated redaction and an audit trail.

HIPAA DLP →

GDPR

EU trial participants and staff

What it asks: Data minimization and security for personal data, including special category health data.

How Strac helps: Find and minimize personal data across collaboration tools, and redact it at the point of entry.

SOC 2 and ISO 27001

Partner and investor diligence

What it asks: Documented controls for confidentiality, classification and data leakage prevention.

How Strac helps: Classification, masking and DLP across your stack, with evidence ready for questionnaires.

SOC 2 DLP → ISO 27001 DLP →

Strac provides technical controls that support these requirements. It does not by itself make an organization compliant; your auditors and counsel make that call.

Integrations

Covers the tools your scientists and operators use.

55+ native integrations across SaaS, cloud, browser, endpoint and AI, all on the same engine.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can Strac protect research IP that isn't PII?

Yes. Strac lets you create custom data elements and trains models on examples of your confidential documents, so it can detect proprietary research, not only standard identifiers.

How does Strac handle AI agents and MCP?

Strac redacts sensitive data in prompts and uploads to AI tools and applies DLP policies to what AI agents access through MCP connectors, giving you one control point for users and their agents.

Does Strac help with HIPAA and GDPR for clinical data?

Strac detects PHI and personal data across SaaS, cloud and AI tools and redacts or restricts it automatically, with logs for audits. It supports your compliance program; it does not replace your legal assessments.

Will Strac get in the way of research?

No. Strac runs by API and a lightweight extension or agent, without proxies. Policies target sensitive data only, and users get a short explanation when something is redacted.

How fast can we deploy?

Most teams connect their first integration in under 15 minutes. Custom data elements can be added as you go.

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