Lexicon

Broad Admin Access

Kind: anti-pattern

Layer: Security Core

Record: lexicon:broad-admin-access

Canonical: Lexicon

Granting sweeping administrative privileges by default instead of the least access each role requires.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Authenticated-Equals-Authorized and before Hardcoded Rules.

Category

  • Security Privacy Compliance

Negated by

  • Least Privilege

Violates

  • Least Privilege

Linked from

  • Security / Privacy / Compliance / Governance