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Least Trust

nounid 3127·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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Entity Type

Requirement85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Least Trusts
possessive
Least Trust's
pluralpossessive
Least Trusts'

Framework definitions

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.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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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