Permission drift
Configuration gradually becoming more permissive than originally intended, often unnoticed.
Learn it through a story
- The Bucket Everyone Forgot About (Cybersecurity for Juniors 3, Ch 9)
Related terms
- Perimeter The boundary a security approach is built around, once the network edge, now increasingly identity.
- Permission An app's request to access a part of your phone, like your camera or contacts.
- Permission creep When an app asks for more access than its actual job needs.
- Permission scope Exactly what data or actions a tool has requested and been granted access to.
- Phishing A fake message, sent widely, designed to trick you into giving away information or money.
- PIN A short, usually numbers-only password, often 4 to 6 digits.