HITRUST CSF requirement statement [?] (07.07aAISecOrganizational.4)

The organization maintains a catalog of trusted data sources for use in 
(1) training, testing, and validating AI models;  
(2) fine-tuning AI models; and
(3) enhancing AI prompts via RAG, as applicable. 
This catalog is 
(4) periodically (at least semiannually) reviewed and updated.

Evaluative elements in this requirement statement [?]
1. The organization maintains a catalog of trusted data sources for use
in training, testing, and validating AI models, as applicable.
2. The organization maintains a catalog of trusted data sources for use
in fine-tuning AI models, as applicable.
3. The organization maintains a catalog of trusted data sources for use
in enhancing AI prompts via RAG, as applicable.
4. The organization's catalog of trusted data sources for use in AI is
periodically (at least semiannually) reviewed and updated.

in enhancing AI prompts via RAG, as applicable.


Illustrative procedures for use during assessments [?]

  • Policy: Examine policies related to each evaluative element within the requirement statement. Validate the existence of a written or undocumented policy as defined in the HITRUST scoring rubric.

  • Procedure: Examine evidence that written or undocumented procedures exist as defined in the HITRUST scoring rubric. Determine if the procedures and address the operational aspects of how to perform each evaluative element within the requirement statement.

  • Implemented: Examine evidence that all evaluative elements within the requirement statement have been implemented as defined in the HITRUST scoring rubric, using a sample based test where possible for each evaluative element. Example test(s):
    • For example, evidence that the organization maintains a catalog of trusted data sources for use in training, testing, and validating AI models; fine-tuning AI models; and enhancing AI prompts via RAG, as applicable.

  • Measured: Examine measurements that formally evaluate and communicate the operation and/or performance of each evaluative element within the requirement statement. Determine the percentage of evaluative elements addressed by the organization’s operational and/or independent measure(s) or metric(s) as defined in the HITRUST scoring rubric. Determine if the measurements include independent and/or operational measure(s) or metric(s) as defined in the HITRUST scoring rubric. Example test(s):
    • For example, measures indicate if the organization maintains a catalog of trusted data sources for use in training, testing, and validating AI models; tuning AI models; and enhancing AI prompts via RAG, as applicable.

  • Managed: Examine evidence that a written or undocumented risk treatment process exists, as defined in the HITRUST scoring rubric. Determine the frequency that the risk treatment process was applied to issues identified for each evaluative element within the requirement statement.

Placement of this requirement in the HITRUST CSF [?]

  • Assessment domain: 07 Vulnerability Management
  • Control category: 07.0 – Asset Management
  • Control reference: 07.a – Inventory of Assets

Specific to which parts of the overall AI system? [?]
AI application layer:
  • Prompt enhancement via RAG, and associated RAG data sources
AI platform layer
  • Model tuning and associated datasets
  • AI datasets and data pipelines


Discussed in which authoritative AI security sources? [?]

Discussed in which commercial AI security sources? [?]
  • Databricks AI Security Framework
    Sept. 2024, © Databricks
    • Where:
      • Control DASF 11: Capture and view data lineage
      • Control DASF 17: Track and reproduce the training data used for ML model training

Control functions against which AI security threats? [?]
Additional information
  • Q: When will this requirement included in an assessment? [?]
    • This requirement is included when the assessment’s in-scope AI system(s) leverage data-driven AI models (e.g., non-generative machine learning models, generative AI models).
    • The Security for AI systems regulatory factor must also be present in the assessment.

  • Q: Will this requirement be externally inheritable? [?] [?]
    • Yes, fully. This requirement may be the sole responsibility of the AI model creator. Or, depending on the AI system’s architecture, only evaluative elements that are the sole responsibility of the AI model creator apply.