SECURITY QUICKSTART
Safe AI for Small Business
A plain-English guide to confidential data, customer information, credentials, connected tools, hallucinations, access, and human review.
WHAT IS INSIDE
Use AI without accidentally giving away the business.
✓ What employees should and should not paste into AI
✓ Consumer vs. enterprise tool questions
✓ Confidential information and customer-data checklist
✓ Credentials, connectors, and agent-permission risks
✓ Prompt injection and untrusted-content basics
✓ Hallucination and human-review rules
✓ A one-page starter acceptable-use policy
WHO IT IS FOR
Owners and teams who want a practical first move.
This is designed for people who know AI is relevant but do not want another list of 100 tools. The goal is to help you make one better decision about a real process and know what to test next.
It is educational material, not legal, tax, accounting, financial, medical, or other licensed professional advice. High-consequence decisions still require qualified humans and verification.
Want to apply this to your own work?
Keep it self-guided, map the business with a human, or practice alongside a small cohort.