# Uncontrolled Change

> Permitting changes to a controlled system without review, approval, or record, undermining compliance and traceability.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Unbounded Autonomy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unbounded-autonomy.md) and before [Unnecessary Public Surface](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unnecessary-public-surface.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Compliance](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/compliance.md)

## Linked from

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