DASF-R-12.7 — Initial Access

Source: official compendium, AI Lifecycle Risks, row 64. Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 1.0.

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Risk mechanism

The adversary is trying to gain access to the machine learning system. The target system could be a network, mobile device, or an edge device such as a sensor platform. The machine learning capabilities used by the system could be local with onboard or cloud-enabled ML capabilities. Initial Access consists of techniques that use various entry vectors to gain their initial foothold within the system.

Applicability

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

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:

• Compromise of AI Systems • Subsequent Downstream System Impact or Compromise • Regulatory Non-compliance

Business:

• Legal Fines • Response Costs • Customer Retention • Regulatory Fines and Judgement

Controls

• DASF-1 — SSO with IdP and MFA
• DASF-2 — Sync users and groups
• DASF-3 — Restrict access using IP access lists
• DASF-4 — Restrict access using private link
• DASF-5 — Control access to data and other objects
• DASF-31 — Secure model serving endpoints
• DASF-55 — Monitor audit logs
• DASF-67 — Federate authentication

Source control guidance

• DASF 1: SSO with IdP and MFA to authenticate and limit who can access your data and AI platform • DASF 2: Sync users and groups to inherit your organizational roles to authorize access to data • DASF 3: Restrict access using IP access lists to limit IP addresses that can authenticate to your data and AI platform • DASF 4: Restrict access using private link as a strong control that limits the source for inbound requests • DASF 5: Control access to data and other objects for permissions model across all data assets to protect data and sources • DASF 31: Secure model serving endpoints • DASF 55: Monitor audit logs to track access to data, AI and other resources • DASF 67: Federate authentication

Investigate and verify

Project adaptation: use the evidence workflow, then request investigate_risk with DASF-R-12.7. 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.

Related

• Component 12
• Catalog