Is Cursor HIPAA compliant?

Cursor itself does not offer a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) and is not HIPAA compliant out of the box. However, BastionGate sits between Cursor and any AI provider, detecting and redacting PHI — patient names, DOBs, MRNs, diagnosis codes — before any request leaves your network. This allows healthcare organizations to deploy Cursor and other AI coding tools while maintaining HIPAA compliance at the network layer.

How do I prevent developers from sending patient data to ChatGPT or Claude?

BastionGate acts as a transparent HTTPS proxy. Configuring a single endpoint in your AI tool routes all AI traffic through BastionGate's inspection layer, which detects and blocks PHI, PII, and other sensitive data in real time — before it reaches OpenAI, Anthropic, or any other provider. Developers don't change how they work; the protection is invisible to them.

How do I make GitHub Copilot or Claude Code HIPAA compliant?

Point your AI tools at BastionGate's endpoint instead of the provider's. BastionGate intercepts every request from GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, and other IDE AI tools, scans for PHI and sensitive data, and either redacts or blocks the request based on your policy. This provides a proxy-level HIPAA control without modifying developer workflows or requiring SDK integration.

What sensitive data does BastionGate detect?

BastionGate detects a broad range of sensitive data categories including: PII (names, emails, SSNs, phone numbers, addresses), PHI (patient records, MRNs, diagnosis codes, DOBs), financial data (credit card numbers, bank account numbers, trading data), API keys and credentials (AWS keys, OpenAI keys, GitHub tokens), source code and proprietary algorithms, and custom patterns defined by your security team.

Does BastionGate require code changes or SDK integration?

No. BastionGate is deployed by pointing your AI tools at a single endpoint — no SDK to install, no agent to deploy, no changes to application code or developer workflows. You update the base URL in your tool's settings (e.g. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code) and every request is automatically inspected. If a tool speaks HTTP to an AI provider, it is covered.

How is BastionGate different from Cloudflare AI Gateway?

Cloudflare AI Gateway is primarily an observability and routing tool for AI applications. BastionGate is purpose-built for enterprise security and compliance. Key differences: BastionGate has an OPA-backed policy engine with per-tenant and per-project controls; it intercepts IDE AI tools like Cursor and Claude Code transparently; it is designed for regulated industries (HIPAA, SOC 2, FINRA); and it provides developer-friendly block messages with actionable remediation tips rather than silent failures.

How is BastionGate different from Nightfall or Lakera?

Nightfall and Lakera both require SDK integration — developers must instrument their code to route requests through these services. BastionGate requires no code changes and works as a transparent HTTPS proxy, covering all AI tools automatically including IDE assistants by changing one base URL setting. BastionGate also provides an OPA-backed policy engine with version-controlled, per-tenant policies, whereas these tools use simpler rule configurations.

Does BastionGate work with AWS Bedrock and Azure OpenAI?

Yes. BastionGate works with all major AI providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Mistral, xAI Grok, Meta Llama, and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Enterprise deployments using Azure OpenAI for data residency requirements are fully supported.

How does BastionGate help with SEC or FINRA compliance for AI tools?

Financial services firms using AI coding assistants risk exposing trading algorithms, client financial data, and proprietary models. BastionGate provides: real-time blocking of financial data patterns, an immutable audit log of every AI request for examination readiness, per-team policy enforcement to separate trading desks from other teams, and full request history for e-discovery and regulatory review.

What does a developer see when a request is blocked?

Instead of a silent failure or cryptic error, BastionGate returns a developer-friendly JSON response that explains exactly what was detected (e.g. 'API key and email address found in this request'), confirms that nothing was sent to the upstream provider, and includes a remediation tip (e.g. 'Move secrets to environment variables'). This reduces friction and helps developers fix the issue immediately.

BastionGate vs Nightfall — AI Security Gateway Comparison (2026)

If you're evaluating AI security tools in 2026, you've almost certainly come across Nightfall. It's one of the better-known names in the space, with real enterprise customers and years in the market. So why are teams switching to BastionGate?

The short answer: Nightfall was built for cloud DLP — scanning Slack, Google Drive, Jira, Confluence. AI governance is an extension of that product, and it shows. The moment your concern shifts to what developers are sending through Cursor, Claude Code, or GitHub Copilot, Nightfall cannot help. Those are desktop applications that never touch Nightfall's SDK.

What Nightfall does well

Nightfall's core strength is deep native integrations with SaaS apps: Slack, Google Drive, GitHub, Jira, Salesforce. If your primary DLP concern is employees posting customer SSNs in Slack or committing API keys to GitHub, Nightfall is a genuinely good fit. It also supports HIPAA and SOC 2 compliance requirements and has a solid audit log.

Where Nightfall falls short for AI governance

1. SDK integration required

To cover AI API traffic, developers must instrument their application code with the Nightfall SDK on every request. That means code changes, deployment coordination, and permanent maintenance overhead — for every app, every team.

2. IDE AI tools are completely invisible

Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf — these are desktop applications. No SDK integration is possible. In most enterprises today, IDE AI tools account for the majority of AI data exposure: developers paste database schemas, internal documents, and customer records directly into prompts. Nightfall sees none of this.

3. Scan-and-alert, not real-time blocking

Nightfall's architecture flags sensitive content after the fact. For regulatory environments — HIPAA, SOC 2, SEC — that may not be enough. Once a prompt with PHI or attorney-client communication has been sent to a third-party AI, the disclosure has already happened.

4. No enterprise policy engine

Nightfall offers configurable detection rules. BastionGate runs Open Policy Agent — the same engine used by Kubernetes, Envoy, and enterprise zero-trust platforms — allowing policies scoped by user, team, project, or AI tool.

How BastionGate works differently

BastionGate is an HTTPS inspection proxy. IT deploys it as the system proxy for AI traffic — via a PAC file or MDM — with no code changes required. Every request from every AI tool (Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, API apps, browser-based tools) passes through BastionGate. Content is inspected in real time, policy violations are blocked with a developer-friendly message explaining what triggered it, and every request is logged in an immutable audit trail.

Feature comparison

Zero code changes: BastionGate ✓ — Nightfall ✗ (SDK required)
IDE AI tool coverage (Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot): BastionGate ✓ — Nightfall ✗
Real-time inline blocking: BastionGate ✓ — Nightfall ✗ (scan-and-alert)
OPA policy engine: BastionGate ✓ — Nightfall ✗
Per-tenant / per-project policies: BastionGate ✓ — Nightfall partial
Developer-friendly block messages: BastionGate ✓ — Nightfall ✗
HIPAA / SOC 2 audit log: Both ✓
SaaS app DLP (Slack, Drive, GitHub): Nightfall ✓ — BastionGate focused on AI API traffic

When Nightfall is still the right choice

If your primary concern is DLP across SaaS platforms — Slack, Google Drive, GitHub, Jira — Nightfall has purpose-built integrations for those. Or if you're already heavily invested in the Nightfall platform and your AI exposure is limited to SDK-instrumented apps, switching may not be worth the overhead.

When to choose BastionGate

Your developers use Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Windsurf
You need real-time blocking, not just after-the-fact alerts
You're in a regulated industry (healthcare, finance, legal) with strict data residency or audit requirements
You want IT-controlled policy without requiring code changes from every dev team

Bottom line

Nightfall is a good cloud DLP product. It was not designed for how enterprises use AI in 2026 — and the SDK gap is a structural limitation, not a roadmap item. BastionGate is purpose-built for this problem: a transparent proxy that sits between your team and every AI tool, with no code changes required.

If you're evaluating both, we're happy to walk through a side-by-side for your specific environment.

BastionGate vs Nightfall: Which AI Security Tool Is Right for Your Enterprise?