security 
se·cu·rity (si kyo̵or′ə tē)
noun pl. -·ties
- the state of being or feeling secure; freedom from fear, anxiety, danger, doubt, etc.; state or sense of safety or certainty
- something that gives or assures safety, tranquillity, certainty, etc.; protection; safeguard
- protection or defense against attack, interference, espionage, etc. funds for national security
- protection or defense against escape a maximum-security prison
- procedures to provide such protection or defense
- an organization or department whose task is protection or safety, esp. a private police force hired to patrol or guard a building, park, or other area if you see an intruder, call security
- something given as a pledge of repayment, fulfillment of a promise, etc.; guarantee
- a person who agrees to make good the failure of another to pay, perform a duty, etc.; surety
- any evidence of debt or ownership; esp., a stock certificate or bond: usually used in pl.
Etymology: ME securite < L securitas < securus: see secure
adjective
of, designating, or serving as security security precautions, security guard
security
n.
Safety
protection, shelter, safety, refuge, retreat, defense, safeguard, preservation, sanctuary, ward, guard, immunity, freedom from harm, freedom from danger, redemption, salvation. Antonyms
danger*, risk, hazard. A guarantee
earnest, forfeit, token, pawn, pledge, surety, bond, collateral, assurance, gage, bail, certainty, promise, warranty, pact, compact, contract, covenant, agreement, sponsor, bondsman, hostage; see also protection 2.Antonyms
doubt*, broken faith, unreliability. Stability
soundness, assurance, surety; see confidence 2.
n
- Safety; the condition of being protected against harm.
- Collateral given or promised to guarantee the repayment of a debt.
- A document that is evidence of ownership in a corporation (for example, a stock or share), or a creditors being owed money by a corporation or government (for example, a bond).
Security breaches occur daily, with some of them making media headlines and embarrassing the targeted companies or agencies. On January 30, 2005, for example, a security incident occurred that brought considerable embarrassment to the Dutch armed forces. About 75 pages of highly classified documents about human traffickers from the computers of the Dutch Royal Marechaussee (the armed forces contingency that guards the Dutch borders) somehow found their way to the controversial weblog Geen Stijl (meaning No Style).
The conjecture is that a Dutch armed forces staffer worked on the documents at home and unwittingly shared the contents of his computers hard drive to numerous others when he logged onto KaZaAwhich is unsecure.
This was not the first time that the Dutch have made media headlines over computer security issues. In 2004, the Dutch public prosecutors office was equally embarrassed after it was publicized that the prosecutor threw his old PC into the trash, making available for public scrutiny his hard drive with hundreds of pages of classified data on high-profile Dutch crimesas well as his own credit card numbers and personal tax file information. As a result, the prosecutor resigned from his job.
See Also: Harm to Property.
Preposition: of
- tenure: Security of tenure is worth a lot these days. In time of ill-health a teacher can receive full pay for six months.
Converse of object
- enhance: ComStation can enhance security by password protecting " ftp " folders on the web server.
- compromise: No hardware or software may be used which compromises the security of the network or the privacy of users.
- ensure: What measures are in place to ensure the security of the Mutual's reinsurers?
- improve: CCTV New cameras at bus stops to improve security.
Adjective modifier
- national: Warrants renewed on national security / economic well-being grounds are valid for a further period of six months.
- added: Count on the AMD Athlon 64 processor for added security.
- social: She has also been at the forefront of pushing for equal entitlement to social security for non-EU workers.
Modifies a noun
- guard: Four security guards were ordered to stay inside the offices to ensure we caused no damage.
- measure: Bristol International Airport had a successful season during the World Cup, with security measures limiting the amount of recorded crime.
- force: Saturday 4th March I've decided to implement the new security force beam generators next.
- threat: Many congregations over the years have become fearful that leaving doors open presents a security threat.
- breach: The Manchester Evening News reports a security breach with its online booking system which allows the printing of tickets.
- assurance: US officials have reportedly not decided at what point security assurances would be offered to North Korea.
Noun used with modifier
- homeland: He will soon be leaving his position as secretary of homeland security.
- cyber: I appreciate the opportunity to testify today on cyber security.
- food: The Sahel has been affected by food security problems for several decades.
- airport: The new system provides x-ray images that allow airport security operators to look behind objects.
- computer: PDF document for our safes - Read all about our laptop safes, the perfect computer security case.
- network: Network security All machines should run an up-to-date version of the operating system.
In ease of body, peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon a level and the beggar who suns himself by the side of the highway, possesses that security which kings are fighting for.
It's full time work being on social security. They really make you earn your living.
When it has left a place where we have always found it, it is like shipwreck; we drop from security into something malevolent and bottomless.
Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man; the same is consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength, and their own invention shall furnish them withall. In such condition, there isno place for industry; becausethe fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no culture of the earth; no navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving, and removing such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the Earth; no account of Time; no Arts; no Letters; no Society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Being lost in Australia gives you a lovely feeling of security.
We the Peoples of the United Nations, determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, whichtwice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to 873 mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignityand worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, and for these ends, to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one anotherasgood neighbours, and tounite our strengthto maintain international peace and security, and to ensure by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples, have resolved to combine our efforts to accomplish these aims.
We stand today on the edge of a new frontier. But the new frontierof which I speak isnot a set of promises.It is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them. It appeals to their pride, not their pocketbooköit holds out the promise of more sacrifice instead of more security.
The League of Nations grows in moral courage. Its frown will soon be more dreaded than a nation's arms, and when that happens, you and I shall have securityand peace.
All the securityaround the American President is just to make sure the man who shoots him gets caught.
Securitycan only be obtained bya scheme by whichthe nations of Europe and outside agree together that all will guarantee each, and each will guarantee all. The purposes ofthewar will be attained ifthereisa League of Nations with an absolute and decisive veto upon any mere aggression, and consideration of any legitimate claims that any of the countries engaged in the war may be able to make good.
Mr Palliser was one of those politicians in possessing whom England has perhaps more reason to be proud than of any other of her resources, and who, as a body, give to her that exquisite combination of conservatism and progress which is her present strength and best security for the future.
I think it is something of the same sort of security we should seek in our relationship with God. The most flawless proof of the existence of God isno substitute for it; and if we have that relationship, the most convincing disproof is turned aimlessly aside.If I may say it with reverence, the soul and God laugh together over so odd a conclusion.
There is something that Governments care for far more than human life, and that is the security of property. So it is through property that we shall strike the enemy Be militant each in your own way I incite this meeting to rebellion.
The dominion of the sea, as it is an ancient and undoubted right of the crown of England, so it isthe best security of the land The wooden walls are the best walls of this kingdom.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, will be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
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