# Controls

> The safeguards and countermeasures put in place to reduce security or compliance risk to an acceptable level.

Record: `lex:controls`
Kind: mechanism
Layer: [Security Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/security-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-controls

## category

- [Security Privacy Compliance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/security-privacy-compliance.md)

## referenced-by

- [Compliance](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/compliance.md)