Some security experts call deploy and decays the unofficial term for describing how some good (and secure) state moves into something less (and less) secure. It is normal for security configuration settings to drift over time, and rarely to a more secure place. Social engineering and social engineering are responsible for the vast majority of malicious computer attacks. Hackers just need to find one mistake, writes John Defterios. The more time you spend, the more time drift and decay is more likely to notice it sooner.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3387638/6-ways-to-fight-deploy-and-decay.html