Foundation glossary/Principles
Least Privilege
Companion card for the Foundation course — study the related lesson for full progress.
Simple explanation
Only the access needed for the job.
Technical explanation
Minimize permissions of users, services, tokens.
Real-life scenario
Intern gets CRM read-only — not Cashfree full admin.
Security relevance
Limits blast radius when credentials or tokens leak.
Practical example
CI gets s3:GetObject on one prefix, not s3:*.
Job need
Minimal grants
Review often
Mini quiz
An intern with full payment-gateway admin violates:
Related lesson
No direct lesson slug yet — use the Foundation course syllabus or roadmap level security-fundamentals.