# Continuous Authorization

> The practice of re-verifying a caller's authorization on every request rather than trusting a single earlier check.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Context-Aware Encoding](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/context-aware-encoding.md) and before [Controls](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/controls.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Zero Trust Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/zero-trust-architecture.md)

## Linked from

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