DASF-R-8.3 — Model lifecycle without HITL (human-in-the-loop)

Source: official compendium, AI Lifecycle Risks, row 36. Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 1.0.

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Risk mechanism

Lack of sufficient controls in a machine learning and systems development lifecycle can result in the unintended deployment of incorrect or unapproved models to production. Implementing model lifecycle tracking within an MLOps framework is advisable to mitigate this risk. This approach should include human oversight, ensuring permissions, version control and proper approvals are in place before models are promoted to production. Such measures are crucial for maintaining ML system integrity, reliability and security.

Applicability

Predictive ML Models · RAG - 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:

• Unintended Model Outputs • Reduced Organisation Trust in Model Effectiveness and Performance • Regulatory Non-compliance • Failure to Achieve Organizational AI Strategy and Goals

Business:

• Financial Loss • Regulatory Fines and Judgement • Legal Fines • Customer Retention

Controls

• DASF-5 — Control access to data and other objects
• DASF-24 — Control access to models and model assets
• DASF-28 — Create model aliases, tags and annotations
• DASF-29 — Build MLOps workflows
• DASF-42 — Employ data-centric MLOps and LLMOps
• DASF-66 — Use Human-in-the-loop feedback

Source control guidance

• 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 28: Create model aliases, tags and annotations • DASF 29: Build MLOps workflows with human-in-the-loop (HILP) with permissions, versions and approvals to promote models to production • DASF 42: Data-centric MLOps and LLMOps promote models as code using CI/CD • DASF 66: Use Human-in-the-loop feedback

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-8.3. 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 8
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