// AI & Microsoft 365 Copilot
Put AI to work, without putting your data at risk.
Securitise helps UK businesses adopt Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI tools safely: data made ready, clear governance and policy, compliance with the rules that apply to you, and people who actually use it well.
// The problem
Your people are already using AI. The question is whether it is safe.
Staff paste client information into free AI tools. Copilot surfaces files people should never have been able to see. Clients, insurers and professional bodies are starting to ask how you use AI. Blocking it does not work; managing it does.
// The result
AI that earns its place in your business.
Ready
Copilot readiness
Permissions tidied, oversharing found and fixed, and sensitive information labelled, so Microsoft 365 Copilot only shows people what they are meant to see.
Governed
AI governance and policy
A clear acceptable-use policy, approved tools, controls on unapproved AI apps and visibility of how AI is being used across the business.
Compliant
AI compliance
AI use aligned with UK GDPR and ICO guidance, client contracts and the expectations of regulators and professional bodies, with records you can show when asked.
Adopted
Enablement and training
Practical training built around your people’s real work, so licences turn into time saved rather than an unused line on the invoice.
Automated
Agents and automation
Copilot agents and automated workflows for the repetitive tasks that slow your team down, built securely on the Microsoft platform you already own.
Secured
Protected against AI threats
Defences and awareness training for AI-powered phishing, deepfake voice and video fraud, and data leaking into public AI tools.
// Security first, then AI
AI is only as safe as the environment it runs in.
Copilot works with everything a user can already access. That makes identity, permissions and data protection the real foundations of AI, and those are exactly what a security-first managed service looks after every day.
How we take a business from AI curiosity to confident, governed use is something we share in conversation.
// For regulated and professional firms
Ready for the questions about AI you will be asked.
- Surveying and property: support for meeting the RICS professional standard on the responsible use of AI in surveying practice.
- Financial services: AI use that stands up to FCA expectations on operational resilience, data and consumer outcomes.
- Everyone holding personal data: data protection impact assessments and AI use consistent with UK GDPR and ICO guidance.
- Working with the EU or planning certification: alignment with the EU AI Act where it applies, and with ISO/IEC 42001 for AI management systems.
// AI and Copilot questions
Questions we are often asked.
What is Microsoft 365 Copilot?
Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI assistant built into Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and the other Microsoft 365 apps. It drafts documents and emails, summarises meetings and long threads, analyses data and answers questions using your organisation’s own files, email and chats, within the permissions each user already has.
Is Microsoft 365 Copilot safe for confidential client data?
Copilot respects existing Microsoft 365 permissions and, for business customers, your prompts and data are not used to train Microsoft’s underlying models. The main risk is oversharing: if files are open to more people than they should be, Copilot can surface them. Getting permissions, sensitivity labels and data loss prevention right before rollout is what makes it safe.
What is the difference between Copilot Chat and Microsoft 365 Copilot?
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is web-grounded AI chat available to Microsoft 365 business users with enterprise data protection. The paid Microsoft 365 Copilot licence adds Copilot inside the Office apps and lets it work with your organisation’s own emails, files, meetings and chats.
Do we need an AI policy?
Yes. Staff are already using AI tools, and without a policy you have no control over what data goes into them. A good AI acceptable-use policy sets out approved tools, what information must never be shared, when AI output must be checked by a person, and who is accountable. Clients and insurers increasingly ask to see one.
What is shadow AI?
Shadow AI is the use of AI tools that the business has not approved or does not know about, such as personal accounts on public chatbots. It can leak confidential data outside your control. Managing it means offering approved alternatives, setting policy and using technical controls to detect and restrict risky AI apps.
Does the EU AI Act apply to UK businesses?
It can. The EU AI Act applies to organisations that place AI systems on the EU market or whose AI outputs are used in the EU, regardless of where they are based. Most UK firms using tools like Copilot are deployers with limited obligations, but those with EU clients or operations should check. In the UK, AI use is governed mainly through existing law such as UK GDPR and sector regulators.
// Find out more
See the approach behind the results.
Tell us a little about your business. We will show you what we would change, how we would do it, and what it would mean for you.