---
id: DASF-60
type: control
source_version: "3.0"
valid_as_of: 2026-10-22
---

# DASF-60 — Rate limit number of inference queries

Source: [official compendium, Databricks AI Mitigation Controls, row 62](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lD5nKC1QNoUTDXdMp31NA9eKcUYGjhtC34MCfQpqpGo/edit#gid=780486953&range=A62:AB62). Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 2.0.

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## Intent and implementation

Enforce request rate limits to manage traffic at the endpoint level on a per-user and per-endpoint basis, effectively controlling access levels and volume.

## Source metadata

- Category: Platform and System Security
- System component: Operations and Platform
- Databricks responsibility: Databricks — Configuration
- Product reference: Customer configured, Databricks enforced
- Feature/control: Control
- Security Analysis Tool reference: Features available to implement control and manually verify
- 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/ai-gateway/configure-ai-gateway-endpoints.html)
- [AZURE documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/ai-gateway/configure-ai-gateway-endpoints)
- [GCP documentation](https://docs.gcp.databricks.com/en/ai-gateway/configure-ai-gateway-endpoints.html?_ga=2.80967959.1251193109.1732293955-1097798340.1705515054)

## Risks linked by the risk table

- [DASF-R-9.1](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/9.1.md)
- [DASF-R-9.2](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/9.2.md)
- [DASF-R-9.5](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/9.5.md)
- [DASF-R-9.6](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/9.6.md)
- [DASF-R-9.7](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/9.7.md)
- [DASF-R-10.2](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/10.2.md)
- [DASF-R-10.3](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/10.3.md)
- [DASF-R-10.4](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/10.4.md)
- [DASF-R-10.5](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/10.5.md)
- [DASF-R-10.6](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/10.6.md)
- [DASF-R-13.4](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.4.md)
- [DASF-R-13.5](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.5.md)
- [DASF-R-13.10](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.10.md)
- [DASF-R-13.16](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.16.md)
- [DASF-R-13.18](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.18.md)

The control table separately reports: [DASF-R-9.1](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/9.1.md), [DASF-R-9.2](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/9.2.md), [DASF-R-9.5](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/9.5.md), [DASF-R-9.6](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/9.6.md), [DASF-R-9.7](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/9.7.md), [DASF-R-10.2](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/10.2.md), [DASF-R-10.3](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/10.3.md), [DASF-R-10.4](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/10.4.md), [DASF-R-10.5](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/10.5.md), [DASF-R-10.6](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/10.6.md), [DASF-R-13.4](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.4.md), [DASF-R-13.5](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.5.md), [DASF-R-13.10](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.10.md), [DASF-R-13.16](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.16.md), [DASF-R-13.18](https://mathborgess.github.io/ai-security-wiki/wiki/risks/13.18.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 | AML.M0004 Restrict Number of ML Model Queries |
| MITRE ATTACK as of Q3 2024 | no mapping |
| OWASP LLM Top 10 2025 | LLM04.3: Model denial of service <br>LLM10.6: Model theft |
| 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) | No mapping |
| NIST - 800- 53 - Rev 5 | AU-2:Event Logging, <br>SI-4:System Monitoring, <br>SI-19:De-identification,<br>AC-3:Access Enforcement, <br>SC-43:Usage Restrictions |
| HITRUST Security for AI Systems | Access to the AI system -&gt;Model Rate Limiting / Throttling |
| ENISA’s Securing ML Algorithms | Define and Monitor Indicators for Proper Functioning of the Model. |
| EU AI ACT | Article 15.5 Accuracy, Robustness, and Cybersecurity<br><br>Article 15.1 Accuracy, Robustness, and Cybersecurity |
| NIST CSF 2.0 | ID.IM-03<br>ID.AM-03<br>PR.AA-05<br>PR.PS-01<br>PR.PS-04<br>PR.PS-05<br>PR.DS-01<br>PR.DS-02<br>PR.DS-10<br>DE.CM-01<br>DE.CM-06<br>DE.CM-09<br>DE.AE-03<br>DE.AE-04<br>DE.AE-07<br>RS.MA-02 |
| AIUC-1 | B004: Prevent AI endpoint scraping |

## Related

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