Agentic AI security checklist for SMEs
An agent that can take action needs a smaller permission set, shorter-lived credentials, visible logs and a tested way to stop it.
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AI governance and security field notes
Source-backed checks for UK teams deploying AI agents, ChatGPT, Microsoft 365 Copilot and customer-facing automation.
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6 field notes, newest first. Short enough to use; detailed enough to keep.
AI agents and UK consumer law
An AI supplier does not take responsibility away from the business. Customer-facing agents need truthful wording, tested rules, monitoring and a stop route.
Read noteAI recruitment safeguards for UK employers
Calling a tool decision-support does not make it so. Map who or what actually decides, then give candidates clear information and real recourse.
Read noteChatGPT Business write actions checklist
App access, action access and approval prompts are different controls. Review all three before ChatGPT can change company systems.
Read noteEU AI Act transparency checklist
The EU AI Act transparency date is close. UK businesses need an inventory of customer-facing AI, clear disclosures and evidence that each control works.
Read noteMicrosoft 365 Copilot sensitivity labels
Copilot-generated files can inherit the highest source sensitivity label. That helps only when the labels, permissions and exceptions are already sound.
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Bring the messy AI workflow
A short call is enough to identify the first boundary, review gate, and useful next move.