In IT, the principle of least Privilege (PoLP) alludes to the idea that any interaction, program or client should be given just the absolute minimum advantages (access or authorizations) expected to play out a capacity. For example, if a client account has been made for getting to data set records, it need not have administrator rights. Additionally, a software engineer liable for refreshing lines of inheritance code can do as such without admittance to the organization's monetary records.

PoLP is a network safety best practice and regularly thought to be a basic advance for securing restricted admittance to an organizations' high-esteem resources and information (counting client/worker records). Since this standard stretches out past the extent of human access, it is additionally relevant to frameworks, applications and associated gadgets that require certain consents or advantages to play out an errand.