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Do the cyber security basics in one afternoon
You've heard of a local business locked out of everything by a hacker, and you've got the same password on all your accounts. Work through the NCSC's small business guide with a checklist made for your set-up.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me do the cyber security basics for my business. Devices: [laptops, phones, tills] Key accounts: [email, bank, invoicing, website, social media] Who has access: [staff, family, freelancers] How I back up now: [details or not at all] First ask me up to 4 short questions. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. Look up the NCSC Small Business Guide, name it and turn its sections into a checklist for my set-up. 2. Rank the actions by impact: do today, this week, this month. 3. A list of accounts to turn on two-step verification for first. 4. A back-up routine I'll actually keep. 5. A one-page note for staff on spotting phishing. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or figures. UK English. For the NCSC Small Business Guide, use web search and name the page you used. If it doesn't search on its own, open View all tools and choose Search. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. laptops, phones, tills: a short note you already have. email, bank, invoicing, website, social media: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Grok
Help me do the cyber security basics for my business. Devices: [laptops, phones, tills] Key accounts: [email, bank, invoicing, website, social media] Who has access: [staff, family, freelancers] How I back up now: [details or not at all] First ask me up to 4 short questions. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. Look up the NCSC Small Business Guide, name it and turn its sections into a checklist for my set-up. 2. Rank the actions by impact: do today, this week, this month. 3. A list of accounts to turn on two-step verification for first. 4. A back-up routine I'll actually keep. 5. A one-page note for staff on spotting phishing. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or figures. UK English. For the NCSC Small Business Guide, search the web and name the page you used. Stay in this Grok chat. Do not connect an inbox or another app.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. laptops, phones, tills: a short note you already have. email, bank, invoicing, website, social media: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You list the devices, accounts and apps the business uses.
The assistant asks who has access and how you back up now.
You get a checklist from the NCSC guide matched to your set-up, ranked by impact, with a staff note.
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Use Grok Bot to do the cyber security basics in one afternoon
You've heard of a local business locked out of everything by a hacker, and you've got the same password on all your accounts. Work through the NCSC's small business guide with a checklist made for your set-up.
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