# Broad Admin Access

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

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Authenticated-Equals-Authorized](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/authenticated-equals-authorized.md) and before [Hardcoded Rules](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hardcoded-rules.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Least Privilege](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/least-privilege.md)

## Linked from

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