# Defined Policy

> An explicit, declared set of rules specifying what is permitted or denied, against which enforcement acts.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Data Minimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/data-minimization.md) and before [Evidence Automation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/evidence-automation.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Policy Enforcement](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/policy-enforcement.md)

## Linked from

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