---
id: DASF-48
type: control
source_version: "3.0"
valid_as_of: 2026-10-22
---

# DASF-48 — Use hardened Runtime for Machine Learning

Source: [official compendium, Databricks AI Mitigation Controls, row 50](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lD5nKC1QNoUTDXdMp31NA9eKcUYGjhtC34MCfQpqpGo/edit#gid=780486953&range=A50:AB50). Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 1.0.

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## Intent and implementation

Databricks Runtime for Machine Learning (Databricks Runtime ML) now automates cluster creation with versatile infrastructure, encompassing pre-built ML/DL libraries and custom library integration. Enhanced scalability and cost management tools optimize performance and expenditure. The refined user interface caters to various expertise levels, while new collaboration features support team-based projects. Comprehensive training resources and detailed documentation complement these improvements.

## Source metadata

- Category: Platform and System Security
- System component: Model build,
- Databricks responsibility: Databricks — Out-of-the-box
- Product reference: Databricks Managed
- Feature/control: Feature
- Security Analysis Tool reference: Out of the box
- Novelty: Novel AI control/capability

Databricks responsibility labels do not establish who enforces this control on another platform. Name a local owner and verify it.

## Implementation references

- [AWS documentation](https://docs.databricks.com/en/machine-learning/index.html)
- [AZURE documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/machine-learning/)
- [GCP documentation](https://docs.gcp.databricks.com/en/machine-learning/index.html)

## Risks linked by the risk table

- [DASF-R-7.3](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/7.3.md)

The control table separately reports: [DASF-R-7.3](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/7.3.md). See [source issues](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/source-issues.md) for differences.

## Verification

Project adaptation: **get_control** returns a concrete evidence request, a proposed test, and an acceptance condition. A control description or product feature is not evidence of deployment or effectiveness.

## Source-reported framework mappings

These are the mappings in this snapshot, with their original edition labels. They are references, not proof of conformity or independent validation.

| Framework | Source mapping |
|---|---|
| MITRE ATLAS as of Q3 2024 | M1046 Boot Integrity |
| MITRE ATTACK as of Q3 2024 | M1028 Operating System Configuration |
| OWASP LLM Top 10 2025 | no mapping |
| OWASP ML Top 10 v0.3 | no mapping |
| ISO 42001:2023 Controls Objectives and Controls (Annex A) | no mapping |
| ISO 27001:2022 Information Security Control Reference (Annex A) | A.8.9 Configuration management |
| NIST - 800- 53 - Rev 5 | CM-2:Baseline Configuration, <br>CM-7:Least Functionality, <br>CM-11:User-Installed Software, <br>SC-7:Boundary Protection, <br>SC-8:Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity, <br>SC-28:Protection of Information at Rest, <br>SC-39:Process Isolation, <br>SI-2:Flaw Remediation, <br>SI-3:Malicious Code Protection, <br>SI-4:System Monitoring, <br>SI-7:Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity |
| HITRUST Security for AI Systems | no mapping |
| ENISA’s Securing ML Algorithms | no mapping |
| EU AI ACT | no mapping |
| NIST CSF 2.0 | ID.AM-02<br>ID.AM-03<br>ID.AM-04<br>ID.AM-07<br>ID.AM-08<br>PR.AA-01<br>PR.DS-10 |
| AIUC-1 | no mapping |

## Related

- [Methodology](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/methodology.md)
- [Catalog](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/index.md)