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Defense-in-Breadth

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

A planned, systematic set of multidisciplinary activities that seek to identify, manage, and reduce risk of exploitable vulnerabilities at every stage of the system, network, or sub-component life cycle (system, network, or product design and development; manufacturing; packaging; assembly; system integration; distribution; operations; maintenance; and retirement).

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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