DASF-72 — Securely store and reuse agent state
Source: official compendium, Databricks AI Mitigation Controls, row 74. Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 3.0.
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Intent and implementation
Managing Agent state is critical to secure multi-agent systems because it provides a centralized, protected layer for agents to store their short-term memory (such as conversation history, decision logs, or temporary tasks) directly within this governed perimeter, rather than exporting sensitive data to disconnected, insecure external databases.
Source metadata
- Category: Access and Authentication
- System component: Agentic AI
- Databricks responsibility: Databricks — Implementation
- Product reference: Customer configured, Databricks enforced
- 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
- AZURE documentation
- GCP: no hyperlink in source cell
Risks linked by the risk table
The control table separately reports: DASF-R-13.1, DASF-R-13.34. See source issues 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.M0012 Encrypt Sensitive Information<br>AML.M0005 Control Access to ML Models and Data at Rest |
| MITRE ATTACK as of Q3 2024 | M1041 Encrypt Sensitive Information<br> M1022 Restrict File and Directory Permissions |
| OWASP LLM Top 10 2025 | LLM02: Sensitive Information Disclosure |
| 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.8.24 Use of cryptography<br>A.5.15 Access control<br>A.8.10 Information deletion |
| NIST - 800- 53 - Rev 5 | SC-28:Protection of Information at Rest<br>AC-3:Access Enforcement<br>MP-2:Media Access<br>IA-5:Authenticator Management |
| HITRUST Security for AI Systems | Protect AI agent session data → Encrypt and access-control all stored agent state within governed Databricks infrastructure |
| ENISA’s Securing ML Algorithms | Protect ML system state and session data / Apply encryption and access controls to agent memory and conversation stores |
| EU AI ACT | Article 9 Risk management system<br>Article 15 Accuracy, robustness and cybersecurity |
| NIST CSF 2.0 | PR.DS-01<br>PR.DS-10<br>PR.AA-01<br>PR.AA-05 |
| AIUC-1 | A003: Limit AI agent data collection, B006: Prevent unauthorized AI agent actions |