Prohibited Technology

System Regulation 29.01.06 Covered Applications and Prohibited Technologies, implements Texas Government Code Chapter 620 and the Governor’s Directive.

More infomation about this can be found at the TAMU System page: https://www.cyber.tamus.edu/policy/guidelines/prohibited-technology/

Prohibited Technologies List

There are 2 main lists that we follow:

DIR maintains the current list of covered applications and prohibited technologies
THECB maintains the current list of Higher Education Research Security Council Prohibited Software/Applications/Developers

In addition to the list of technologies prohibited by DIR, the Texas A&M System prohibits:

Hardware or software technology that record all the keystrokes entered into a keyboard or workstation.
AI from third-party services that participates in online meetings to deliver transcription or summarization services may not be used for any meetings where non-public information, including information subject to disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act (Tex. Gov’t Code Ch. 552), is discussed unless the service is under a contractual agreement with the system or member that includes provisions for data protection.