# Client Complexity

> The degree of additional effort a protective measure imposes on client implementations.

Record: `lexicon:client-complexity`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Security Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/security-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-client-complexity

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Certificate Management](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/certificate-management.md) and before [Developer Ergonomics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/developer-ergonomics.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [CSRF Protection](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/csrf-protection.md)
- [CSRF Protection / Client Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/client-complexity-csrf-protection.md)

## Linked from

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