Version 1.1
First release.
- Five guides in the SafeStart Kit: the AI Policy Handbook, First Steps with AI (23 pages), the Team Training Guide (32 pages), and the AI Security Guide (15 pages), and People First: Using AI Responsibly at Work (18 pages).
- AI Policy Handbook: a 55-page handbook covering acceptable use, data rules, the approved tool list, roles and ownership, security basics, the incident checklist, the 30-day rollout plan, and state-by-state rules, with a glossary and 10 examples of what to type into an AI tool, and what not to.
- Data rules with three levels (Public, Internal, and Confidential) and a list of data never to share.
- Approved tool list with a simple request process and extra checks for AI agents (AI tools that can take actions on their own, such as sending an email).
- Rules for AI agents: only the access they need, and a person approves anything that involves money, deletions, or customers.
- 30-day rollout plan, one week at a time.
- Five templates: one-page AI policy, employee acknowledgment, a review sheet for new AI vendors, a checklist before any AI agent starts work, and an incident form.
- 18-page companion with a worked example for a fictional 21-person company, 15 pre-approved uses, and two staff emails.
- Printable one-page incident card.
- Editable Word files for every template, plus an Excel list of approved tools and a log for recording incidents.