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economy ofmechanism1 CONSTRUCTEconomy of mechanismSALTZER · COMPUTER SECURITY

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the security design principle that protection mechanisms should be as simple and small as possible so they can be inspected.

In computer security, economy of mechanism refers to the security design principle that protection mechanisms should be as simple and small as possible so they can be inspected. This meaning comes from Saltzer (1975) in Proceedings of the IEEE.[1]

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  1. Saltzer, J. H., & Schroeder, M. D. (1975). The protection of information in computer systems. Proceedings of the IEEE, 63(9), 1278-1308. https://doi.org/10.1109/proc.1975.9939

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