# Confidentiality

> The degree to which data is kept secret from all but authorized parties.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Compromise Containment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/compromise-containment.md) and before [Confidentiality of Stored Data](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/confidentiality-of-stored-data.md).

## Category

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

## Reinforced by

- [Encryption in Transit](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/encryption-in-transit.md)

## Linked from

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