Least Privilege vs Implicit Trust
Developers should apply Least Privilege when designing and implementing systems to prevent unauthorized access, data breaches, and privilege escalation attacks, such as in cloud environments, microservices architectures, or database management meets developers should understand implicit trust to design secure systems, particularly in cloud, microservices, and zero-trust architectures where traditional perimeter-based security is insufficient. Here's our take.
Least Privilege
Developers should apply Least Privilege when designing and implementing systems to prevent unauthorized access, data breaches, and privilege escalation attacks, such as in cloud environments, microservices architectures, or database management
Least Privilege
Nice PickDevelopers should apply Least Privilege when designing and implementing systems to prevent unauthorized access, data breaches, and privilege escalation attacks, such as in cloud environments, microservices architectures, or database management
Pros
- +It is crucial for compliance with regulations like GDPR or HIPAA, and for securing applications by minimizing the impact of compromised accounts or code vulnerabilities
- +Related to: access-control, security-principles
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Implicit Trust
Developers should understand implicit trust to design secure systems, particularly in cloud, microservices, and zero-trust architectures where traditional perimeter-based security is insufficient
Pros
- +It is crucial for identifying vulnerabilities in authentication, authorization, and network configurations, such as in cases where internal services trust each other without validation
- +Related to: zero-trust-architecture, authentication
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Least Privilege if: You want it is crucial for compliance with regulations like gdpr or hipaa, and for securing applications by minimizing the impact of compromised accounts or code vulnerabilities and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Implicit Trust if: You prioritize it is crucial for identifying vulnerabilities in authentication, authorization, and network configurations, such as in cases where internal services trust each other without validation over what Least Privilege offers.
Developers should apply Least Privilege when designing and implementing systems to prevent unauthorized access, data breaches, and privilege escalation attacks, such as in cloud environments, microservices architectures, or database management
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