Least Trust

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

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The principal that a security architecture should be designed in a way that minimizes 1) the number of components that require trust, and 2) the extent to which each component is trusted.

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NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →

§1: The principal that a security architecture should be designed in a way that minimizes 1) the number of components that require trust, and 2) the extent to which each component is trusted.

CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →

§1: The principal that a security architecture should be designed in a way that minimizes 1) the number of components that require trust, and 2) the extent to which each component is trusted.