Safe AI Adoption

Your team is already using AI. Do you know what they're feeding it?

Your staff found ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot on their own — and they're pasting client lists, contracts, financials and the odd password into tools you've never approved, stored on servers you've never vetted. The productivity's real. So is the data leak waiting to happen.

We help Perth businesses adopt AI the safe way: the right tools, the right guardrails, and a policy your team will actually follow — so you get the speed without handing your clients' data to a stranger.

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The problem, in plain English

It's called "shadow AI" — staff using AI tools off their own bat, with no oversight. It's not malicious. Someone's drafting an email, summarising a contract, cleaning up a quote, and the fastest way is to drop the whole document into a free chatbot.

The trouble is what goes in. Client data, financials, health records, logins — fed into tools you don't control, sometimes stored and used to train someone else's model. You can't see it, so you can't stop it. And your Privacy Act and client-confidentiality obligations don't pause because someone used a chatbot.

Banning AI doesn't work — your team will just do it quietly. The fix is to give them a safe way to use it.

What we do — Safe AI Adoption

• AI Readiness & Risk Assessment. We audit what AI tools your team is already using, what data is exposed, and — just as importantly — where AI can genuinely save you hours. You get a clear picture and a plan, in plain English.
• A plain-English AI policy. An acceptable-use policy your staff will actually read and follow. One page, not forty. What's fine, what's off-limits, and what to do when they're not sure.
• Approved tools, set up properly. We move your team onto business-grade AI — Claude for Work, Microsoft 365 Copilot — where your data is protected, kept private, and not used to train anyone's model. Then we switch off the risky free tools.
• Data guardrails. Controls and data-loss prevention so sensitive information can't walk out the door through an AI prompt — the same layered-protection approach we already use on your email and endpoints.
• Practical staff training. Short, hands-on sessions so your team uses AI well and safely — better prompts, better output, fewer mistakes, no leaks.
• AI Governance (monthly). The AI landscape changes weekly. We keep your policy current, vet new tools before your staff find them, and check your posture every quarter. From $395 a month with no lock-in — see the governance plan below.

Already deep into AI and need what's there audited first? That's the AI Security & Compliance Review.

Pricing — fixed packages, on the page

One package, two sizes, and a monthly plan to keep it that way. Pick the size that matches your headcount and start. If you'd rather talk first, the consult is still free.

Had our AI Security & Compliance Review in the last 60 days? Half that fee comes off the package.

// All prices in AUD, excluding GST. Packages are one-off. Governance bills monthly.

Why HCS

Guardrails before tools. We're a cyber security firm, so we start where the risk is: a policy your staff will actually follow, a short list of approved tools, and the settings locked down before anyone pastes a client list into a chatbot.

We build AI, not just opinions about it. DMARC Busta is ours. We're not reselling someone else's pitch — we ship AI products, so we know which controls matter and which are theatre.

28 years. 2,000+ businesses. One phone number. The same team that's kept Perth businesses online since 1998. Someone you can actually call.

FAQ — safe AI adoption

What is shadow AI? Staff using AI tools off their own bat, with no oversight. Nobody's being malicious — someone's drafting an email or summarising a contract, and the fastest route is to paste the whole document into a free chatbot. It's shadow AI because you can't see it, which means you can't manage what's going into it.

Is it safe to put business data into free AI chatbots? Not by default. Free tools sometimes store what you send them, and some use it to train their models. Client data, financials, health records and logins are the ones that hurt. Business-grade AI keeps your data private and out of training sets — which is why we move teams onto it and switch the free tools off.

What should a small-business AI policy cover? One page, not forty: what's fine to use AI for, what's off-limits, which tools are approved, and what to do when someone isn't sure. A policy nobody reads doesn't protect anybody, so we write it in plain English and keep it short enough that your team actually follows it.

Which AI tools do you set up? Business-grade platforms — Claude for Work and Microsoft 365 Copilot — configured so your data is protected, kept private, and not used to train anyone's model. Which one suits depends on what your team does all day and what you already pay for.

What does it cost? $3,495 +GST for up to 10 staff, or $5,495 +GST for 11 to 30. Both are fixed, one-off, and cover the assessment, the policy, tool setup, guardrails and training. Over 30 staff is quoted. AI Governance is $495 +GST a month on its own, or $395 +GST a month bolted onto a managed IT plan, with no lock-in. If you've had our security review in the last 60 days, half that fee comes off the package.

Where do we start? With the free AI readiness scan — ten questions, two minutes, instant score. From there, a readiness and risk assessment tells you what your team is already using, what's exposed, and where AI can genuinely save you hours. Then policy, tools and training, in that order.

Safe AI adoption for Perth businesses

We work with businesses across Perth — Belmont, the CBD, the eastern suburbs, out to Kewdale and Welshpool, and across the wider metro area. The AI consulting and implementation work is mostly remote, with onsite time when staff training or a hands-on tool rollout calls for it.

Whether it's a one-page policy and a tidy-up of the tools your team already found, or ongoing governance bolted onto a managed IT plan, we scope it to the size of your business.