DASF-R-12.4 — Unauthorized privileged access

Source: official compendium, AI Lifecycle Risks, row 61. Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 1.0.

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Risk mechanism

A significant security threat in machine learning platforms arises from malicious internal actors, such as employees or contractors. These individuals might gain unauthorized access to private training data or ML models, posing a grave risk to the integrity and confidentiality of the assets. Such unauthorized access can lead to data breaches, leakage of sensitive or proprietary information, business process abuses, and potential sabotage of the ML systems. Implementing stringent internal security measures and monitoring protocols is critical to mitigate insider risks from the platform vendor.

Applicability

Predictive ML Models · RAG - LLMs · Fine-tuned LLMs · Pre-trained LLMs · Foundational LLMs

Blank source cells remain null (unspecified); a source “No” means this default filter omits the risk; it does not establish absence in your architecture. Combine every deployment pattern in the system.

Impacts described by the source

AI system:

• Cyber Security Incident • Loss of AI System Integrity • Disruption of Business Operations and Service Availability • Unauthorised Access to Customer Data • Unauthorised Access to Training Data • Data breach • Breach of Legal Obligations • Breach of Regulatory Obligations • Regulatory non-compliance • Loss of data integrity

Business:

• Financial Loss • Response Costs • Customer Retention • Legal fines • Regulatory Fines and Judgement

Controls

• DASF-40 — Platform security — internal access

Source control guidance

• DASF 40: Platform Security — Internal access

Investigate and verify

Project adaptation: use the evidence workflow, then request investigate_risk with DASF-R-12.4. It returns the mechanism above, control-specific evidence requests, proposed tests and remediation acceptance criteria. Until evidence is supplied, the result is unverified. Use the finding template to record a concrete observation and residual risk.

Source-reported framework mappings

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Related

• Component 12
• Catalog