# Secure Configuration

> The degree to which a system's settings and secrets are arranged to minimize exposure.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Secure Communication](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/secure-communication.md) and before [Zero Trust](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/zero-trust.md).

## Category

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

## Reinforced by

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

## Linked from

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