containment strategy
Spread prevention plan
A containment strategy is a plan to prevent something undesirable from spreading or expanding.
The term gained prominence during the Cold War for U.S. policy aimed at limiting Soviet influence rather than confronting it directly.
The concept applies broadly: The company's containment strategy kept the data breach from affecting other systems.
In public health, containment strategies aim to stop disease transmission before it becomes widespread.
- firewallsSecurity barriers blocking intrusions
- risk managementIdentifying and minimizing threats
- threat assessmentEvaluating potential for harm
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- iron curtainDivider of forged metal
deterrence · nuclear umbrella · quarantine · vaccination campaigns · arms control · epidemiology · conservation policies · buffer zones · firebreaks · cordon sanitaire · isolation protocols · sanctions · contact tracing · proxy wars · herd immunity · contingency planning · regional alliances · diplomatic isolation
- epidemiologyepidemic, epidemiology, pandemic, outbreak, endemic
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Return to prior condition
regime change · annihilation · total war · expansionism · destruction
containment strategyrapprochement
Reestablishment of harmonious relations
détente · appeasement · normalization · accommodation · open door policy
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