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'''Differentiated security''' is a form of computer security that deploys a range of different security policies and mechanisms according to the identity and context of a user or transaction.
This makes it much more difficult to scale or replicate attacks, since each cluster/individual has a different security profile and there should be no common weaknesses.{{cn|date=December 2025}}
One way of achieving this is by subdividing the population into small differentiated clusters. At the extreme, each individual belongs to a different class.
==See also== * Differentiated service (design pattern)
==External links== *[http://www.it.uu.se/research/reports/2002-015/2002-015-nc.pdf Differentiated security in wireless networks] Andreas Johnsson, 2002.
Category:Computer security procedures