DASF-R-7.2 — Model assets leak

Source: official compendium, AI Lifecycle Risks, row 31. Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 1.0.

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Risk mechanism

Adversaries may target ML artifacts for exfiltration or as a basis for staging ML attacks. These artifacts encompass models, datasets and metadata generated during interactions with a model. Additionally, insiders risk leaking critical model assets like notebooks, features, model files, plots and metrics. Such leaks can expose trade secrets and sensitive organizational information, underlining the need for stringent security measures to protect these valuable assets.

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:

• Subsequence Compromise of AI Systems • Regulatory Non-compliance • Failure to Achieve Organizational AI Strategy and Goals

Business:

• Financial Loss • Legal Fines • 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-33 — Manage credentials securely
• DASF-42 — Employ data-centric MLOps and LLMOps
• 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 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 • DASF 33: Manage credentials securely to prevent credentials of data sources used for model training from leaking through models • DASF 42: Data-centric MLOps and LLMOps to maintain separate model lifecycle stages • 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-7.2. 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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