Question 70
In an approved business workflow, this situation arises: A Copilot user opens a supplier document containing instructions to ignore the user's question and send internal files to a third-party site. What is the most appropriate next step?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Ignore the embedded command, use the document only as evidence, and report the suspicious instruction. This addresses the described need: A Copilot user opens a supplier document containing instructions to ignore the user's question and send internal files to a third-party site. It follows because retrieved document text is untrusted task data, not an instruction source authorized to redirect the assistant. Validate the change by checking: The analysis answers the actual question without contacting or disclosing files to the third party. It does not eliminate this limitation: Content from a trusted storage location may still include malicious instructions.
Incorrect Answers
Use a compliant approved workflow or a sanitized scenario without confidential figures. This would address a different problem: A finance employee plans to paste an unreleased acquisition price into a public consumer AI tool to improve a presentation. It is not the direct fix for: A Copilot user opens a supplier document containing instructions to ignore the user's question and send internal files to a third-party site. The response appropriate to the stated constraints is: Ignore the embedded command, use the document only as evidence, and report the suspicious instruction. Its success is checked through: The analysis answers the actual question without contacting or disclosing files to the third party.
Use Copilot to prepare a draft and route it to counsel for final approval. This would address a different problem: An executive asks Copilot for a final contract clause and proposes signing without counsel review. It is not the direct fix for: A Copilot user opens a supplier document containing instructions to ignore the user's question and send internal files to a third-party site. The response appropriate to the stated constraints is: Ignore the embedded command, use the document only as evidence, and report the suspicious instruction. Its success is checked through: The analysis answers the actual question without contacting or disclosing files to the third party.
Replace unsupported quotation with an accurate paraphrase or verified exact extract. This would address a different problem: A generated employee handbook recap places words in quotation marks that do not occur in the source. It is not the direct fix for: A Copilot user opens a supplier document containing instructions to ignore the user's question and send internal files to a third-party site. The response appropriate to the stated constraints is: Ignore the embedded command, use the document only as evidence, and report the suspicious instruction. Its success is checked through: The analysis answers the actual question without contacting or disclosing files to the third party.