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MA-S2 Palantir Mission Assurance Security Standard

MA-S2 (Mission Assurance Security Standard), published by Palantir in May 2026, is a new bar for software supply-chain security in the AI era. It defines 4 control domains and 20 controls. It does not replace SOC 2 or FedRAMP—it layers on top of them. The full reference guide is embedded below.

MA-S2 at a glance

DomainCodeControlsOne-line summary
Continuous AI-augmented vulnerability scanningCVS5Find holes continuously; auto-block Critical findings
Attack path modelingAPM4Model attacker chains, not isolated CVEs
Real-time software inventoryINV5Answer “what’s running?” in real time via SBOM + runtime
Autonomous remediation orchestrationARO6Patch, rollback, and fleet deploy without human bottlenecks
Why now: AI automates vulnerability discovery and chaining, making quarterly scans and CVSS-only triage insufficient—per Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar. Official site: ma-s2.com

Full reference guide (interactive)

Includes the architecture diagram, all 20 controls, disqualification criteria, attestation requirements, and seven procurement questions.

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Relationship to existing frameworks

MA-S2 is complementary to SOC 2, FedRAMP, DISA IL5/IL6, NIST 800-53, and ISO 27001. Existing frameworks ask whether basics are in place; MA-S2 adds whether you are safe in an AI-native threat landscape.

Self-attestation alone is not enough. You need supporting evidence: third-party audits, platform telemetry, architecture review, and contractual SLAs.