# Feature Exposure

> The degree to which functionality is made accessible, which broadens capability but enlarges the attack surface.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Ease of Initial Use](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/ease-of-initial-use.md) and before [Formatting Flexibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/formatting-flexibility.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Attack Surface Reduction](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/attack-surface-reduction.md)
- [Attack Surface Reduction / Feature Exposure](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/attack-surface-reduction-feature-exposure.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)