A practical, step by step guide for IT managers and business owners at UK Mac first businesses preparing for a Cyber Essentials assessment under the Danzell update.
Relevant Resouces:
- Auditing AI Tool Usage on a Jamf Managed Fleet (PDF)
- Auditing AI Tool Usage on an Addigy Managed Fleet (PDF)
Last updated: July 2026
Every UK business using AI tools now needs an AI use policy to pass Cyber Essentials. Not eventually. Now. Under the Danzell update, any AI tool that stores or processes your business data is treated as a cloud service, and if it doesn’t have MFA enabled, your assessment fails automatically.
The AI Use Policy Guide sets out what the rule actually requires, how to find out what’s really being used across your business, and how to build a policy that covers you.