# Privilege separation

> In computer programming and computer security, privilege separation is one software-based technique for implementing the principle of least privilege. This is used to mitigate the potential damage of a computer security vulnerability.

**Wikidata**: [Q7246315](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7246315)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privilege_separation)  
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