# Assumption-Driven Security

> Designing defenses around assumed threats rather than a deliberate analysis of realistic attack vectors.

Record: `lexicon:assumption-driven-security`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Security Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/security-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-assumption-driven-security

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Anonymous Sensitive Access](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/anonymous-sensitive-access.md) and before [Authenticated-Equals-Authorized](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/authenticated-equals-authorized.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Threat Modeling](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/threat-modeling.md)

## Linked from

- [Security / Privacy / Compliance / Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-security-privacy-compliance-governance.md)