# Security Checks

> The ability to apply security checks reliably by first reducing input to one unambiguous form.

Record: `lexicon:security-checks`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-security-checks

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Lossless Preservation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/lossless-preservation.md) and before [Canonical Definition](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/canonical-definition.md).

## Category

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)

## Enabled by

- [Canonicalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/canonicalization.md)

## Linked from

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)