# Mitigation

> The activity of reducing a risk's likelihood or impact through deliberate countermeasures.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Minimal Permissions](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/minimal-permissions.md) and before [Policy Engine](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/policy-engine.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Risk Management](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/risk-management.md)

## Linked from

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