# Proactive Risk Reduction

> The ability to reduce risk by designing safeguards in from the start rather than patching flaws later.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Privacy Compliance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/privacy-compliance.md) and before [Reduced Blast Radius](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/reduced-blast-radius.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Security by Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/security-by-design.md)

## Linked from

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