DASF-R-2.1 — Preprocessing integrity

Source: official compendium, AI Lifecycle Risks, row 14. Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 1.0.

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Risk mechanism

Preprocessing includes numerical transformations, data aggregation, text or image data encoding, and new feature creation, followed by combining data by joining tables or merging datasets. Data preparation involves cleaning and formatting tasks such as handling missing values, ensuring correct formats and removing unnecessary columns. Insiders or external actors can introduce errors or manipulate data during preprocessing or from the information repository itself.

Applicability

Predictive ML Models

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Impacts described by the source

AI system:

• Errors in Data During Preprocessing • Manipulation of Data During Preprocessing • Compromised Integrity of AI System Outputs • Regulatory non-compliance • Loss of data integrity

Business:

• Financial Loss • Customer Retention • Legal fines • 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-7 — Enforce data quality checks on batch and streaming datasets
• DASF-11 — Capture and view data lineage
• DASF-15 — Explore datasets and identify problems
• DASF-16 — Secure model features
• DASF-42 — Employ data-centric MLOps and LLMOps
• DASF-52 — Source code control
• DASF-55 — Monitor audit logs
• DASF-67 — Federate authentication

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 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 7: Enforce data quality checks on batch and streaming datasets for data sanity checks and automatically detect anomalies before they make it to the datasets • DASF 11: Capture and view data lineage to capture the lineage all the way to the original raw data sources • DASF 15: Explore datasets and identify problems • DASF 16: Secure model features to reduce the risk of malicious actors manipulating the features that feed into ML training • DASF 42: Data-centric MLOps and LLMOps promote models as code • DASF 52: Source Code Control • DASF 55: Monitor audit logs • DASF 67: Federate authentication

Investigate and verify

Project adaptation: use the evidence workflow, then request investigate_risk with DASF-R-2.1. 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.

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