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Intrusion-resistant

adj.resilient, capableprofessional

What it means

Designed to reduce the likelihood or impact of unauthorized entry.

Reach for it when describing a tested security property without implying invulnerability

The intrusion-resistant cabinet delayed entry long enough for the alarm response.

Choose between these

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  • everyday

    burglar-resistant

    physical forced entry by a burglar is the named threat

    not when Burglar-resistant is too narrow for digital or insider intrusion.

  • everyday

    secure

    reasonable protection for the stated use is the broad claim

    not when Secure is contextual and gives no attack method or test result.

  • professional

    access-controlled

    entry is limited through authorization rules

    not when Access control can be misconfigured or bypassed and is not resistance by itself.

  • professional

    hardened

    specific defenses have been strengthened against attack

    not when Hardened describes preparation, not whether testing succeeded.

  • professional

    tamper-resistant

    unauthorized alteration or access is made harder

    not when Tamper resistance may only reveal interference rather than stop entry.

  • literary

    impregnable

    dramatic prose presents entry as impossible

    not when Impregnable is an absolute that real security evidence rarely supports.

Said against

3
  • permeable
  • unsecured
  • easily breached

It naturally appears in

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  • intrusion-resistant design

    The intrusion-resistant design was tested against the documented tool set.

  • intrusion-resistant enclosure

    An intrusion-resistant enclosure protects the controls from casual access.

  • intrusion-resistant system

    The intrusion-resistant system still requires monitoring and recovery plans.

Where this comes from

Resistance depends on the threat model, tools, time, access, and test method. The phrase must not be treated as breach-proof.

Intrusion-resistant is not a headword in the dictionaries below. The sense was checked against their entries for intrusion, and the definition and example here are written for Intrusion-resistant itself.

The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.