# Reduced Misconfiguration Risk

> The degree to which safe defaults lower the chance of an insecure configuration.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Reduced Exploitability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/reduced-exploitability.md) and before [Regulatory Alignment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/regulatory-alignment.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled 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)
