Blast radius
In today's world, Blast radius has gained unprecedented relevance. Whether due to its impact on society, politics, the economy or culture, Blast radius is a topic that leaves no one indifferent. From its beginnings until today, Blast radius has been the subject of study, debate and controversy. In this article, we will explore different aspects of Blast radius, analyzing its importance in the current context and its influence in different areas of daily life. In addition, we will delve into its history, evolution and future perspectives, with the aim of thoroughly understanding the relevance of Blast radius today.
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A physical blast radius is the distance from the source that will be affected when an explosion occurs. A blast radius is often associated with bombs, mines, explosive projectiles (propelled grenades), and other weapons with an explosive charge. The term also has usages in computer programming.
Uses in software
Cloud Computing
In cloud computing, the term blast radius is used to designate the impact that a security breach of one single component of an application could have on the overall composite application. Reducing the blast radius of any component is a security good practice. The concept is used in Zero trust security model and Chaos engineering.[1][2][3]
Maintenance
An alternate usage of the term relates to technical debt, where it refers generally to how many otherwise redundant edits on different scripts would need to be made when changing something small.[4] In this way, blast radius is also closely connected to magic numbers, such as if a specific float is constantly being used across many scripts without being assigned to a variable it may take a long time to find all instances of the number to change all to the new desired amount.
See also
References
- ^ "Improving Resiliency by Creating Chaos". 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Getting Started with AWS Cloud Essentials".
- ^ "BeyondProd: A new approach to cloud-native security | Documentation".
- ^ "Blast Radius – Apono Wiki". Apono. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
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