According to the principle of least privilege, every program and every user of the system should operate using the least set of privileges necessary to complete the particular task \[[Saltzer 1974|AA. Bibliography#Saltzer 74], [Saltzer 1975|AA. Bibliography#Saltzer 75]\]. The Build Security In website \[[DHS 2006|AA. Bibliography#DHS 06]\] provides additional definitions of this principle. Executing with minimal privileges mitigates against exploitation in case a vulnerability is discovered in the code.  These principles can be applied in various ways to Java language programming.