Govt Staff Told Not to Tell AI Everything

Administration employees have been banned from uploading classified documents, official emails, software source code and citizens' personal information to public artificial intelligence tools under Pakistan's National Cybersecurity Handbook 2026-27.

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• Authorities have been instructed to apply only AI tools and platforms approved by their respective departments.
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• The rules additionally prohibit administration personnel from sharing passwords, administrative credentials and application programming interface keys with AI tools.

In practice, the handbook, issued by the National Cyber Emergency Response Team (PKCERT), sets out practical cybersecurity guidelines for administration and public sector employees based on the Pakistan Information Security Framework (PISF) 2026.

It warns that entering sensitive information into public AI platforms could result in data leaks, unauthorized retention and exposure of classified national data to external AI training models. Iran War Has Created Oil Impossible to Forecast: JP Morgan.

Authorities have been instructed to apply only AI tools and platforms approved by their respective departments. They must additionally remove names and other sensitive information from prompts and uploaded files and immediately report any accidental disclosure of confidential data to their departmental IT or cybersecurity teams.

In practice, the rules additionally prohibit administration personnel from sharing passwords, administrative credentials and application programming interface keys with AI tools. Employees are further barred from installing unauthorized AI extensions or plugins on official devices.

PKCERT has additionally directed office-holders to check AI generated content for accuracy and security before using it in administration work.

Meanwhile, the handbook allows AI tools to be applied for content generation, analysis and routine tasks, but requires their apply to remain subject to security safeguards, privacy requirements and human oversight. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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