DASF-R-3.1 — Data poisoning

Source: official compendium, AI Lifecycle Risks, row 18. Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 1.0.

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Risk mechanism

Attackers can compromise an ML system by contaminating its training data to manipulate its output at the inference stage. All three initial components of a typical ML system — raw data, data preparation and datasets — are susceptible to poisoning attacks. Intentionally manipulated data, possibly coordinated across these components, derail the ML training process and create an unreliable model. Practitioners must assess the potential extent of training data an attacker might control internally and externally and the resultant risks.

Applicability

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

• Manipulation of Model Outputs or 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-14 — Audit actions performed on datasets
• DASF-16 — Secure model features
• DASF-17 — Track and reproduce the training data used for ML model training
• DASF-51 — Share data and AI assets securely
• DASF-55 — Monitor audit logs
• DASF-65 — Implement end-to-end AI traceability
• 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 restrict the IP addresses 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 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 14: Audit actions performed on datasets • DASF 16: Secure model features • DASF 17: Track and reproduce the training data used for ML model training and identify ML models and runs derived from a particular dataset • DASF 51: Share data and AI assets securely • DASF 55: Monitor audit logs to track access to data, AI and other resources • DASF 65: Implement end-to-end AI traceability • DASF 67: Federate authentication

Investigate and verify

Project adaptation: use the evidence workflow, then request investigate_risk with DASF-R-3.1. 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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• Component 3
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