DASF-R-12.5 — Poor security in the software development lifecycle
Source: official compendium, AI Lifecycle Risks, row 62. Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 1.0.
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Risk mechanism
Software platform security is an important part of any progressive security program. ML hackers have shown that they don’t need to know sophisticated AI/ML concepts to compromise a system. Hackers have busied themselves with exposing and exploiting bugs in a platform where AI is built as those systems are well known to them. The security of AI depends on the platform’s security.
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:
• Supply Chain Attack • Cyber Security Incident • Loss of AI System Availability • Loss of AI System Integrity • Data Breach • Regulatory Non-compliance
Business:
• Financial Loss • Response Costs • Legal Fines • Customer Retention • Regulatory Fines and Judgement • Direct Business Interruption
Controls
- DASF-41 — Platform security — secure SDLC
Source control guidance
• DASF 41: Platform Security — Secure SDLC
Investigate and verify
Project adaptation: use the evidence workflow, then request investigate_risk with DASF-R-12.5. 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
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 | no mapping |
| MITRE ATTACK as of Q3 2024 | no mapping |
| OWASP LLM Top 10 2025 | no mapping |
| OWASP ML Top 10 v0.3 | no mapping |
| OWASP Agentic AI – Threats and Mitigations | no mapping |
| NIST - 800- 53 - Rev 5 | SA-3:System Development Life Cycle, <br>SA-4:Acquisition Process, <br>SA-8:Security and Privacy Engineering Principles, <br>SA-11:Developer Testing and Evaluation, <br>SA-21:Developer Screening, <br>SI-7:Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity, <br>CM-7:Least Functionality, <br>RA-3:Risk Assessment, <br>SR-3:Supply Chain Controls and Processes |
| NIST 800-53 Controls Mapping Rationale | Ensures security in SDLC processes by incorporating secure design, coding, and validation of ML systems. |
| HITRUST | no mapping |
| ENISA’s Securing ML Algorithms | Ensure ML Projects Follow the Global Process for Integrating Security into Projects.<br>Check the Vulnerabilities of the Components Used so that they Have an Appropriate Security Level.<br>Integrate ML Specificities to Existing Security Policies.<br>Ensure ML Applications Comply with Security Policies. |
| ISO 42001:2023 Controls Objectives and Controls (Annex A) | no mapping |
| ISO 27001:2022 Information Security Control Reference (Annex A) | A.6.3 Information security awareness,<br>education and training<br>A.8.4 Access to source code<br>A.8.25 Secure development life cycle<br>A.8.26 Application security require-<br>ments<br>A.8.27 Secure system architecture and<br>engineering principles<br>A.8.28 Secure coding |
| EU AI Act | no mapping |
| CSA MCP Security | (blank in source) |
| OWASP MCP TOP 10 | (blank in source) |