# Centralize Policy

> A technique for evaluating every authorization decision through one policy model instead of scattered checks.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Least-Privilege Credential](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/least-privilege-credential.md) and before [Server-Side Enforcement](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/server-side-enforcement.md).

## Category

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

## Refactors

- [Authorization Scattering](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/authorization-scattering.md)
- [Authorization](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/authorization.md)
- [Role-Based Access Control](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/role-based-access-control.md)

## Linked from

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