# Single Control Reliance

> Depending on one security control with no layered defenses, so a single bypass compromises the whole system.

Record: `lexicon:single-control-reliance`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Security Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/security-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-single-control-reliance

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Security as Afterthought](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/security-as-afterthought.md) and before [String-Concatenated SQL](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/string-concatenated-sql.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Defense in Depth](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/defense-in-depth.md)

## Linked from

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