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title: Security principles
description: 1. Secure by design.  System and service confidentiality, integrity and availability are planned and managed in a coherent solution.  Access is constrained to authorised users undertaking legitimate actions. 2. Private by design.  The sensitivity of data is protected throughout the…
url: "https://www.overcasthq.com/docs/security-principles/"
updated: "2021-03-22"
category: Architecture
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# Security principles

1. Secure by design.  System and service confidentiality, integrity and availability are planned and managed in a coherent solution.  Access is constrained to authorised users undertaking legitimate actions.
2. Private by design.  The sensitivity of data is protected throughout the lifecycle of the data.  (See [Privacy](https://www.overcasthq.com/docs/privacy/))
3. Secure services by design.  Services embrace cloud security principles regardless of the infrastructure design.
4. Risk management. Overcast will implement security measures based on the needs of clients.