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AI security and governance.

Independent advice on which AI uses to permit and how to protect the information your business and clients entrust to you.

Give staff a supported way to use AI

Staff may be using AI for drafts, research or working with documents before the business has agreed an approach. A blanket rule can leave useful questions unanswered: which information is suitable, which tools are approved and who checks the result?

I help you establish guidance that reflects the work staff actually do. The advice considers client commitments and information handling alongside the proposed benefit, with a clear route for questions and new uses.

What the advice gives you

Give staff usable guidance

Make it clear which AI tools and uses are approved, so staff can apply the rules in their work.

Make considered adoption decisions

Understand the implications for business information before extending AI use.

Explain your approach to clients

Be able to describe your decisions and responsibilities accurately when clients ask how you use AI.

Questions the work can answer

  • Which uses and tools should the business support?
  • What information is appropriate to share for each task?
  • Who approves new uses and reviews the guidance when circumstances change?

You receive recommendations on permitted use, staff guidance and the improvements needed to support them. I help you choose an approach suited to your business responsibilities.

How we agree the work and cost

An example situation

Invoice automation with financial control retained

A fictional construction and property business handles invoices across several teams. Repeated data entry and unclear approvals cause delays, and the finance lead is considering AI.

Potential benefit: Less repeated entry and fewer avoidable queries, if the trial demonstrates a worthwhile improvement after checking and running costs are included.

Related advice

AI adoption

Independent advice on what AI could improve in your business and whether the expected benefit justifies the investment.

IT security

Understand how well your business is protected, address weaknesses and make security part of the way your systems are managed.

Discuss what your business needs.

Tell me what you want to improve or understand. The initial conversation is free.