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Handbooks

One subject in full, with sources and checklists. To read and to look things up.

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Handbook for company management
AI in the Company
The handbook for company management: the basics, introducing AI in the business, the legal and standards framework.
Volume 1Scutoria handbook series
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Volume 1

AI in the Company

The handbook for company management: the basics, introducing AI in the business, the legal and standards framework.

  • 19 sections in 4 parts
  • Appendix with self-assessment, glossary and list of sources
  • about 1.5 hours of reading
  • PDF and online access
Table of contents
  1. Part I · Sections 1 – 3 · Fundamentals
    1. The term and its delimitation
    2. Providers, tools and costs
    3. Capability, limits and rights in the output
  2. Part II · Sections 4 – 7 · Introducing AI in the company
    1. Fields of application by functional area
    2. Stages of technical integration
    3. Procedure for introduction
    4. Internal rules and training
  3. Part III · Sections 8 – 14 · Legal and standards framework
    1. Roles and responsibilities
    2. Scope and time limits of the AI Act
    3. Transparency obligations
    4. Data protection
    5. Information security
    6. International standards and frameworks
    7. Supervision and penalties
  4. Part IV · Sections 15 – 19 · Appendix
    1. Maturity self-assessment
    2. Statements not made
    3. Open questions
    4. Glossary
    5. List of sources
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Handbook for company management
AI Policies for the Workforce
The handbook for company management: what belongs in writing, why, and how it stays in force.
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Volume 2

AI Policies for the Workforce

The handbook for company management: what belongs in writing, why, and how it stays in force.

  • 15 sections in 4 parts
  • Annex: Self-assessment of the state of the rules, Statements not made, Open questions …
  • about 1.5 hours of reading
  • PDF and online access
Table of contents
  1. Part I · Sections 1 – 3 · Why have rules at all
    1. What a set of rules can achieve and what it cannot
    2. The situation without rules
    3. What the law and the authorities require — and what they do not
  2. Part II · Sections 4 – 6 · The decisions that come before the writing
    1. Who may, for what, with which data, and who approves
    2. Approval of new tools
    3. Access, accounts and default settings
  3. Part III · Sections 7 – 10 · The rules themselves
    1. What belongs in them, subject by subject
    2. Training, instruction and evidence
    3. Bringing into force and keeping current
    4. When someone breaches them
  4. Part IV · Sections 11 – 15 · Annex
    1. Self-assessment of the state of the rules
    2. Statements not made
    3. Open questions
    4. Glossary
    5. List of sources
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Handbook for company management
What your major customer will ask of you
NIS2, DORA and the CRA from the supplier's side: why the questionnaire arrives, what is asked, and what a usable answer looks like.
Volume 3Scutoria handbook series
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Volume 3

What your major customer will ask of you

NIS2, DORA and the CRA from the supplier's side: why the questionnaire arrives, what is asked, and what a usable answer looks like.

  • 16 sections in 4 parts
  • Annex: Self-assessment, Uncertainties, Glossary …
  • about 2.5 hours of reading
  • PDF and online access
Table of contents
  1. Part I · Sections 1 – 4 · Why you are being asked
    1. Three laws, one mechanism
    2. Whether you are covered yourself — a signpost
    3. If your customer is a financial entity
    4. If your customer manufactures products with digital elements
  2. Part II · Sections 5 – 8 · What is asked
    1. The questionnaire: fourteen recurring topics
    2. The contract clauses: eight under the Implementing Regulation, nine plus six under DORA
    3. The evidence: what is asked for, what a small company can provide
    4. Your customer's registers
  3. Part III · Sections 9 – 12 · What a usable answer is, and what you write down beforehand
    1. Three levels of answer
    2. The minimum every answer rests on
    3. Training, staff, subcontractors, locations, termination
    4. What is negotiable — and when "not applicable" is the right answer
  4. Part IV · Sections 13 – 16 · Appendix
    1. Self-assessment
    2. Uncertainties
    3. Glossary
    4. List of sources
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Handbook for company management
Secure without an IT department
Passwords, backups, access, emergencies: the four basics insurers and audit checklists ask small businesses about, and how to tell they are done.
Volume 4Scutoria handbook series
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Volume 4

Secure without an IT department

Passwords, backups, access, emergencies: the four basics insurers and audit checklists ask small businesses about, and how to tell they are done.

  • 16 sections in 4 parts
  • Annex: Self-assessment, Uncertainties, Glossary …
  • about 2 hours of reading
  • PDF and online access
Table of contents
  1. Part I · Sections 1 – 3 · What this is about
    1. Why basic protection comes before AI
    2. What audit checklists ask — and why they resemble one another
    3. What is an obligation and what is a recommendation
  2. Part II · Sections 4 – 9 · The four things to get right
    1. Access I: passwords and the password manager
    2. Access II: second factor, administrative rights, who leaves
    3. Backups: what, where, how often — and the one test almost nobody does
    4. Devices and updates
    5. E-mail and fraud
    6. Responsibility, rules, training
  3. Part III · Sections 10 – 12 · When it happens, and who helps
    1. The emergency: the first hour and the first day
    2. Reporting channels and points of contact
    3. Contractors: what you may demand of an IT provider
  4. Part IV · Sections 13 – 16 · Appendix
    1. Self-assessment
    2. Uncertainties
    3. Glossary
    4. List of sources
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Practical guides

Step by step with screenshots: setting up a tool in your business and using it.

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Step-by-step guide
Setting up Claude in your business
The account, access, the settings to check first, one real piece of work from start to finish, and the list of what never goes in.
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Practical guide

Setting up Claude in your business

The account, access, the settings to check first, one real piece of work from start to finish, and the list of what never goes in.

  • 12 sections in 4 parts
  • Annex: Checklist, Uncertainties, Glossary …
  • about 1 hours of reading
  • PDF and online access
Table of contents
  1. Part I · Section 1 · Before you click
    1. Before you begin
  2. Part II · Sections 2 – 4 · Setting up
    1. Account and access
    2. The settings to check first
    3. Creating order
  3. Part III · Sections 5 – 8 · Day to day
    1. The first real piece of work
    2. What never goes in
    3. When staff use it
    4. Checking and keeping up
  4. Part IV · Sections 9 – 12 · Annex
    1. Checklist
    2. Uncertainties
    3. Glossary
    4. List of sources
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Step-by-step guide
Setting up ChatGPT in your business
Business account, use of your data, sharing, filing: the same route for the second widely used tool, set up so nothing gets in that does not belong.
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Practical guide

Setting up ChatGPT in your business

Business account, use of your data, sharing, filing: the same route for the second widely used tool, set up so nothing gets in that does not belong.

  • 12 sections in 4 parts
  • Annex: Checklist, Uncertainties, Glossary …
  • about 1.5 hours of reading
  • PDF and online access
Table of contents
  1. Part I · Sections 1 – 2 · Deciding and setting up
    1. Before you begin
    2. Account and access
  2. Part II · Sections 3 – 5 · Settings and order
    1. The settings to check first
    2. Creating order
    3. The first real job
  3. Part III · Sections 6 – 8 · Rules and follow-up
    1. What never goes in
    2. When employees use it
    3. Checking and following up
  4. Part IV · Sections 9 – 12 · Appendix
    1. Checklist
    2. Uncertainties
    3. Glossary
    4. List of sources
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Step-by-step guide
Setting up Microsoft 365 Copilot in your business
Licences, switches, filing, sharing: set up Copilot in Word, Outlook and Teams so the assistant only sees what it is allowed to see.
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Practical guide

Setting up Microsoft 365 Copilot in your business

Licences, switches, filing, sharing: set up Copilot in Word, Outlook and Teams so the assistant only sees what it is allowed to see.

  • 12 sections in 4 parts
  • Annex: Uncertainties, Glossary, List of sources
  • about 1.5 hours of reading
  • PDF and online access
Table of contents
  1. Part I · Section 1 · Before you click
    1. Before you begin
  2. Part II · Sections 2 – 4 · Setting up
    1. Licence, roles and access
    2. The settings to check first
    3. Filing and sharing: what Copilot sees
  3. Part III · Sections 5 – 9 · Using and keeping track
    1. The first real working run
    2. What never goes in
    3. When staff use it
    4. Checking and keeping track
    5. Checklist
  4. Part IV · Sections 10 – 12 · Appendix
    1. Uncertainties
    2. Glossary
    3. List of sources
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Templates and kits

Ready-made documents to fill in: policies, checklists and forms for your own business.

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Templates to fill in, with instructions
AI evidence kit
Usage policy, tool register, training record, labelling checklist and entry into force — ready to fill in, so a business can show what it has regulated and who has been trained.
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Kit

AI evidence kit

Usage policy, tool register, training record, labelling checklist and entry into force — ready to fill in, so a business can show what it has regulated and who has been trained.

  • 9 sections in 3 parts
  • Annex: Uncertainties, Glossary, Sources
  • about 53 minutes of reading
  • PDF and online access
Table of contents
  1. Part I · Sections 1 – 5 · The five records
    1. The usage policy and the one-page summary
    2. The tool register and the approval form
    3. The training record
    4. The labelling checklist
    5. Entry into force
  2. Part II · Section 6 · Context
    1. The difference from the Economic Chamber's free template
  3. Part III · Sections 7 – 9 · Annex
    1. Uncertainties
    2. Glossary
    3. Sources
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Templates to fill in, with instructions
Supplier questionnaire response kit
The customer's security questionnaire is in your inbox: how to answer honestly, dated and usefully — with six ready-to-fill files.
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Kit

Supplier questionnaire response kit

The customer's security questionnaire is in your inbox: how to answer honestly, dated and usefully — with six ready-to-fill files.

  • 11 sections in 4 parts
  • Annex: Uncertainties, Glossary, List of sources
  • about 1 hours of reading
  • PDF and online access
Table of contents
  1. Part I · Section 1 · Before you answer
    1. Why you are being asked, and how to answer
  2. Part II · Sections 2 – 7 · The six files, in the order of filling them in
    1. Write down first
    2. The question catalogue
    3. The self-disclosure
    4. The evidence list
    5. The cover letter
    6. The clause checklist
  3. Part III · Section 8 · Afterwards
    1. When the customer asks follow-up questions
  4. Part IV · Sections 9 – 11 · Appendix
    1. Uncertainties
    2. Glossary
    3. List of sources
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Templates to fill in, with instructions
AI evidence kit: law firm, tax advisory, medical practice
Usage policy with a supplement sheet per profession, the page 'What never goes in here', tool register, training record, labelling checklist, chamber checklist and entry into force, ready to fill in for law firms, tax advisors and medical practices.
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Kit

AI evidence kit: law firm, tax advisory, medical practice

Usage policy with a supplement sheet per profession, the page 'What never goes in here', tool register, training record, labelling checklist, chamber checklist and entry into force, ready to fill in for law firms, tax advisors and medical practices.

  • 10 sections in 3 parts
  • Annex: Uncertainties, Glossary, Sources
  • about 1.5 hours of reading
  • PDF and online access
Table of contents
  1. Part I · Section 1 · What is different in the three professions
    1. Professional secrecy and confidentiality — what the kit records and what it does not
  2. Part II · Sections 2 – 7 · The records
    1. The usage policy and the supplement sheets
    2. What never goes in here — the three pages
    3. The tool register and the approval form with the special types of data
    4. The training record — auxiliary persons and confidentiality declaration
    5. The labelling checklist for external effect
    6. The chamber checklist and the entry into force
  3. Part III · Sections 8 – 10 · Annex
    1. Uncertainties
    2. Glossary
    3. Sources
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