DASF-R-13.9 — Identity Spoofing & Impersonation

Source: official compendium, AI Lifecycle Risks, row 73. Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 3.0.

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Risk mechanism

Attackers exploit authentication mechanisms to impersonate AI agents or human users, enabling them to execute unauthorized actions under false identities.

Applicability

Agentic AI

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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-24 — Control access to models and model assets
• DASF-31 — Secure model serving endpoints
• DASF-37 — Set up inference tables for monitoring and debugging models
• DASF-54 — Implement AI guardrails
• DASF-55 — Monitor audit logs
• DASF-64 — Limit access from AI models and agents
• DASF-65 — Implement end-to-end AI traceability
• DASF-67 — Federate authentication
• DASF-71 — Log and register AI agents

Source control guidance

• DASF 1: SSO with IdP and MFA to limit who can access your data and AI platform • DASF 2: Sync users and groups to inherit your organizational roles to access data • DASF 3: Restrict access using IP access lists that can authenticate to your data and AI platform • DASF 4: Restrict access using private link as strong controls that limit 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 24: Control access to models and model assets, AI agents, to enforce strict tool access verification • DASF 31: Secure model serving endpoints • DASF 37: Set up inference tables for monitoring and debugging prompts and monitor tool usage patterns for signs of identity anomalies • DASF 54: Implement LLM guardrails to prevent unwanted and unsafe data in requests and responses, validate agent instructions, and set clear operational boundaries to detect and prevent misuse • DASF 55: Monitor audit logs to implement comprehensive logging of authentication attempts, flag anomalous and suspicious activity, and generate detection alerts for potential impersonation • DASF 64: Limit access from AI models and agents, applying least privilege so that even a successfully impersonated agent identity has constrained permissions • DASF 65: Implement end-to-end AI traceability to implement real-time monitoring ensuring accountability and full attribution of all actions to verified identities • DASF 67: Federate authentication using OAuth token federation to eliminate static tokens, reducing the risk of token theft and credential-based identity spoofing • DASF 71: Log and register AI agents to maintain an authoritative registry of legitimate agent identities. Any agent acting outside its registered identity or without a valid registration record can be flagged as a potential impersonator Additional controls to consider: Please see the companion compendium document for a collection of third-party tools.

Investigate and verify

Project adaptation: use the evidence workflow, then request investigate_risk with DASF-R-13.9. 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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