Minimum Privilege

Definitions

1. A policy of granting users, services, and applications only the lowest set of permissions necessary to perform their tasks. The phrase is often used interchangeably with least privilege, especially in enterprise access discussions.

   In plain English: Giving only the smallest amount of access needed to do the job.

   Example: "The redesign followed minimum privilege by giving each service account access to one database schema instead of the whole cluster."

Related Terms

• Administrative Privilege
• Configuration Audit
• Database Security
• Deny by Default
• Endpoint Privilege Management
• Geofencing Security
• Least Authority
• Least Functionality
• Overprivileged
• Permission Abuse
• Port Security
• Principle of Least Privilege
• Privilege Management
• Registry Security