defence in depth
nounid
2265·updated May 9, 2026candidate
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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Control92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- defence in depths
- possessive
- defence in depth's
- pluralpossessive
- defence in depths'
Framework definitions
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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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