# Insecure Defaults

> Shipping default settings that favor convenience over safety, leaving a system exposed unless it is explicitly hardened.

Record: `lexicon:insecure-defaults`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Security Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/security-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-insecure-defaults

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Immortal Client-Trusted Session](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/immortal-client-trusted-session.md) and before [Manual-Only Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/manual-only-review.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Secure by Default](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/secure-by-default.md)

## Linked from

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