defence in depth
nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026
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”).
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Control92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- defence in depths
- possessive
- defence in depth's
- pluralpossessive
- defence in depths'