# Safe Defaults

> Choosing default configurations and behaviors that are safe when left unchanged.

Record: `lexicon:safe-defaults`
Kind: principle
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-safe-defaults

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Runtime Indirection](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/runtime-indirection.md) and before [Safe Refactoring](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/safe-refactoring.md).

## Category

- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-vocabulary.md)

## Required by

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

## Linked from

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