defence in depth

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

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The security controls deployed throughout the various layers of the network to provide for resiliency in the event of the failure or the exploitation of a vulnerability of another control (may also be referred to as “layered protection”).

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Control92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: defence in depths
possessive: defence in depth's
pluralpossessive: defence in depths'

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