Principle of Least Privilege

The principle that a security architecture is designed so that each entity is granted the minimum system resources and authorizations that the entity needs to perform its function.^{1 2}

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Footnotes

1. https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/least_privilege ↩

2. https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/bsi/articles/knowledge/principles/least-privilege ↩