# Defense in Depth / Complexity

> "defense-in-depth" (security-core layer) is traded against "Complexity" (human-factors layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Complexity" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:complexity-defense-in-depth`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-complexity-defense-in-depth

## tensions-with

- [Defense in Depth](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/defense-in-depth.md)
- [Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/complexity.md)