--- title: 4 Ways to Safeguard Data in Spring AI | daily.dev description: Four techniques for protecting data in Spring AI applications are covered: using system prompts to set conversation guardrails, leveraging the built-in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/4-ways-to-safeguard-data-in-spring-ai-h0cyxygll twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 4 Ways to Safeguard Data in Spring AI | daily.dev og:description: Four techniques for protecting data in Spring AI applications are covered: using system prompts to set conversation guardrails, leveraging the built-in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/4-ways-to-safeguard-data-in-spring-ai-h0cyxygll og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/H0CYxyGlL.png og:image:alt: 4 Ways to Safeguard Data in Spring AI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 4 Ways to Safeguard Data in Spring AI **[Dan Vega](https://daily.dev/sources/dan-vega)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Four techniques for protecting data in Spring AI applications are covered: using system prompts to set conversation guardrails, leveraging the built-in safeguard advisor, and building custom advisors to protect secrets and personally identifiable information (PII). 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