# Secure by Default / Ease of Initial Use

> "secure-by-default" (security-core layer) is traded against "Ease of Initial Use" (security-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Ease of Initial Use" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:ease-of-initial-use-secure-by-default`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-ease-of-initial-use-secure-by-default

## tensions-with

- [Secure by Default](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/secure-by-default.md)
- [Ease of Initial Use](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/ease-of-initial-use.md)