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03 · LIFECYCLE STAGE

Verification & Validation

The rigorous pre-release testing stage, providing objective evidence that the system meets its intended use and is free of significant bias and security weaknesses. The cost of inadequate testing often surfaces only after launch.

41 scenarios

RS1-T01-S0056-Z

Absence of Model Validation

RS3-T09-S0070-Z

Adversarial Perturbation of Images

RS3-T09-S0073-Z

Physical-World Adversarial Attack

RS3-T09-S0075-Z

Universal Adversarial Perturbation

RS4-T16-S0079-Z

Group Bias in Credit Scoring

RS4-T16-S0080-Z

Disparate Accuracy in Biometric Recognition

RS4-T16-S0081-Z

Gender Bias in Recruitment Screening

RS4-T16-S0085-Z

Unequal Outcomes in Resource Allocation

RS4-T16-S0086-Z

Amplified Discrimination at Feature Intersections

RS3-T10-S0118-Z

Direct Prompt Injection Bypassing Safeguards

RS3-T10-S0119-Z

Indirect Prompt Injection Hijacking the System

RS3-T10-S0122-Z

Tool Invocation Manipulated by Injection

RS3-T10-S0123-Z

Covert Goal Hijacking

RS3-T10-S0124-Z

Multimodal Hidden Instruction Injection

RS3-T10-S0126-Z

Retrieval Injection Hijacking Output

RS1-T03-S0057-Z

Deep Model Decisions Resistant to Explanation

RS1-T03-S0059-Z

Opaque Decisions Obstructing Accountability

RS2-T05-S0061-Z

Generation of Non-Existent Factual Content

RS2-T05-S0063-Z

Security Defects in Generated Code

RS2-T05-S0066-Z

Sycophantic Response Bias

RS2-T05-S0067-Z

Failure of Ethical Judgment

RS2-T05-S0068-Z

Distortion of Mid-Document Content

RS3-T09-S0071-Z

Adversarial Audio and Hidden Commands

RS3-T09-S0076-Z

Cross-Model Transfer Attack

RS3-T09-S0077-Z

Coordinated Multimodal Perturbation

RS3-T11-S0078-Z

Functional Replication Attack

RS4-T16-S0083-Z

Indirect Discrimination Through Proxy Variables

RS4-T16-S0084-Z

Unfair Group Representation and Erasure

RS6-T21-S0087-Z

Difficulty of Multi-System Safety Validation

RS3-T10-S0120-Z

System Instruction Disclosure

RS3-T10-S0121-Z

Multi-Step Inducement Attack Chain

RS3-T10-S0125-Z

Cumulative Context Poisoning

RS1-T03-S0058-Z

Misleading Output from Explanation Tools

RS1-T03-S0060-Z

Knowledge Gaps Leading to Blind Decisions

RS2-T05-S0062-Z

Breakdown in Multi-Step Reasoning

RS2-T05-S0064-Z

Confidence Miscalibration

RS2-T05-S0065-Z

Degenerate Output from Improper Decoding Settings

RS2-T05-S0069-Z

Errors Extended to Maintain Consistency

RS3-T09-S0072-Z

Adversarial Text Evading Detection

RS3-T09-S0074-Z

Cross-Modal Misdirection

RS4-T16-S0082-Z

Linguistic and Cultural Understanding Bias