Run the Two Gates Before Every Prompt
Explore the essential procedure for handling data securely in AI workflows by running two critical checks before every prompt. Understand how to categorize information accurately, verify Controlled Unclassified Information against official registries, trace data transfer paths, and confirm authorized environments. This lesson helps you apply a quick, repeatable routine to decide when to proceed or escalate, ensuring that sensitive and mission-critical information is protected in federal and DoD operations.
The data-and-environment decision record can end in ESCALATE or NO-GO, and the next thing that happens is ordinary work continuing anyway. That is where most teams slip. A person has a prompt drafted, the brief is due, and the chat box is open. The common mistake is treating that moment as a judgment about output quality, when it is still a decision about transfer. The pressure makes the transfer feel like a small step because it is only text. The transfer is still real, and it can change where the information persists, who may gain access to it, and what controls apply after it ...