RAG & Vector DB Hardening Checklist
Everyone is shipping RAG; almost nobody is securing the vector store, the retrieval path and the data that gets embedded. Work a scored, 23-control checklist across the whole pipeline — ingestion, index, retrieval, generation and operations — with the risk and the fix spelled out for each, and the critical gaps pushed to the top.
What this tool is
- An interactive, scored hardening checklist for RAG pipelines and vector databases — 23 controls across ingestion, the vector store, retrieval, generation and operations.
- Each control explains the risk it closes (index poisoning, embedding inversion, cross-tenant retrieval, indirect prompt injection, data leakage) and the concrete fix.
- A weighted score and a risk tier update as you check items off, and critical gaps are called out first.
- Pro tool — included with any PlayCISO paid plan.
Frequently asked questions
What is the RAG / Vector DB Hardening Checklist?
A Pro, interactive security checklist for retrieval-augmented-generation systems and the vector databases behind them. It walks 23 controls across five phases — ingestion and data sourcing, the vector store and index, retrieval and access control, generation and output, and monitoring and governance — scoring your posture and surfacing the critical gaps first.
Which risks does it cover?
The ones specific to RAG: indirect prompt injection via retrieved documents, index/corpus poisoning, embedding inversion exposing source text, cross-tenant retrieval from a shared index, PII and secret leakage through chunks or answers, and tool calls triggered by injected instructions — plus the operational controls (logging, injection detection, AI-BOM, ownership) that keep it secure over time.
Does it work for Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant or pgvector?
Yes — the controls are vendor-neutral and apply to any vector store (managed or self-hosted) and any embedding model. Where a control is infrastructure-specific (public exposure, encryption at rest, namespaces), the fix notes how it maps.
Is it free?
No. This is a Pro tool included with any PlayCISO paid plan. The page describes exactly what it covers; the interactive scored checklist unlocks with a subscription.