# Trusted Internal Network Assumption

> Assuming that traffic originating inside the network perimeter is inherently trustworthy, ignoring insider and lateral-movement threats.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [String-Concatenated SQL](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/string-concatenated-sql.md) and before [Trusting External Input](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/trusting-external-input.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Zero Trust Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/zero-trust-architecture.md)

## Linked from

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