AI Governance Skill

Purpose

This skill provides governance guidelines for AI usage in the CIA platform, including GitHub Copilot agent security, EU AI Act compliance, and responsible AI practices. It ensures AI-assisted development follows Hack23 ISMS policies and regulatory requirements.

When to Use This Skill

Apply this skill when:

• ✅ Configuring or updating GitHub Copilot agent workflows
• ✅ Integrating AI/ML models for political data analysis
• ✅ Reviewing AI-generated code before merge
• ✅ Assessing AI risk classification under EU AI Act
• ✅ Implementing prompt engineering for data analysis
• ✅ Auditing AI agent outputs for bias or accuracy

Do NOT use for:

• ❌ Standard code reviews without AI involvement
• ❌ Manual data analysis without AI components
• ❌ Infrastructure changes unrelated to AI services

EU AI Act Classification

Risk Assessment for CIA Platform

CIA Platform AI Usage Assessment
│
├─→ Political Data Analysis (NLP, trend detection)
│   ├─ Risk Level: LIMITED RISK (Article 52)
│   ├─ Requirement: Transparency obligations
│   └─ Action: Disclose AI-generated analysis to users
│
├─→ GitHub Copilot Code Generation
│   ├─ Risk Level: MINIMAL RISK
│   ├─ Requirement: Voluntary codes of conduct
│   └─ Action: Code review before merge, security scanning
│
├─→ Political Risk Scoring
│   ├─ Risk Level: HIGH RISK (Annex III, Category 8)
│   ├─ Requirement: Conformity assessment, human oversight
│   └─ Action: Human review of all risk scores, audit trail
│
└─→ Voter Behavior Prediction
    ├─ Risk Level: HIGH RISK
    ├─ Requirement: Transparency, fairness, accountability
    └─ Action: Bias testing, explainability, regular audits

Compliance Checklist

• ✅ Document AI system purpose and intended use
• ✅ Classify AI risk level per EU AI Act categories
• ✅ Implement human oversight for high-risk AI outputs
• ✅ Maintain audit trail of AI-generated decisions
• ✅ Conduct bias and fairness assessments
• ✅ Provide transparency notices for AI-generated content
• ✅ Implement data governance for training datasets

OWASP LLM Top 10 for CIA Platform

LLM01: Prompt Injection

Risk: Malicious input manipulating Copilot agent behavior.

Mitigation:

# .github/copilot-instructions.md safeguards
- Validate all agent outputs before committing
- Never allow agents to modify security configurations
- Restrict agent file access to source code only
- Review agent-generated code with CodeQL scanning

LLM02: Insecure Output Handling

Risk: AI-generated code containing vulnerabilities.

Mitigation:

• Run CodeQL on all AI-generated code changes
• Apply OWASP secure code review checklist
• Validate AI outputs against coding standards
• Never trust AI-generated SQL or security logic without review

LLM06: Sensitive Information Disclosure

Risk: AI agents leaking secrets or sensitive political data.

Mitigation:

// Never pass sensitive data to AI prompts
// ✅ SECURE: Generic analysis request
String prompt = "Analyze voting patterns for committee " + committeeId;

// ❌ INSECURE: Including PII in prompts
String prompt = "Analyze voting for " + politicianName + " SSN: " + ssn;

LLM09: Overreliance

Risk: Blindly trusting AI-generated political analysis.

Mitigation:

• All AI analysis must include confidence scores
• Human analyst review required for published insights
• Cross-validate AI outputs with official data sources
• Label AI-generated content clearly in the UI

GitHub Copilot Agent Security

Agent Configuration Best Practices

# Secure agent workflow permissions
permissions:
  contents: read      # Read-only by default
  pull-requests: write # Only for PR creation
  issues: write       # Only for issue management
  actions: read       # Read workflow status

# Never grant:
# - admin permissions
# - security_events write
# - secrets access

Agent Output Validation

Agent Output Validation Pipeline
│
├─ Step 1: Syntax validation (compile check)
├─ Step 2: Security scan (CodeQL, OWASP)
├─ Step 3: Test execution (unit + integration)
├─ Step 4: Code review (human or Copilot review)
└─ Step 5: Merge approval (maintainer sign-off)

Responsible AI Practices

Bias Prevention in Political Analysis

• Test analysis algorithms across all 8 Swedish parties equally
• Validate data representation for minority viewpoints
• Audit sentiment analysis for political neutrality
• Document model limitations and known biases

Transparency Requirements

• Label all AI-generated content in the CIA platform UI
• Provide methodology documentation for AI analysis
• Enable users to access raw data behind AI insights
• Maintain changelog of AI model updates

ISMS Alignment

Control	Requirement	Implementation
ISO 27001 A.5.1	Information security policies	AI governance policy
ISO 27001 A.8.1	Asset management	AI model inventory
NIST CSF GV.OC	Organizational context	AI risk assessment
CIS Control 16	Application security	AI code review gates
GDPR Art. 22	Automated decision-making	Human oversight for scoring

References

• EU AI Act
• OWASP LLM Top 10
• Hack23 ISMS Secure Development Policy
• GitHub Copilot Trust Center