security

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At the gate, I would like the security guard to search my things.

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Quick take

the state of being free from danger or injury; "we support the armed services in the name of national security"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of security gathered in one view.

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the state of being free from danger or injury; "we support the armed services in the name of national security"

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defense against financial failure; financial independence; "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"

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freedom from anxiety or fear; "the watch dog gave her a feeling of security"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for security.

noun

the state of being free from danger or injury; "we support the armed services in the name of national security"

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defense against financial failure; financial independence; "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"

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freedom from anxiety or fear; "the watch dog gave her a feeling of security"

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a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends; "he held several valuable securities"

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property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation; "bankers are reluctant to lend without good security"

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a department responsible for the security of the institution's property and workers; "the head of security was a former policeman"

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a guarantee that an obligation will be met

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an electrical device that sets off an alarm when someone tries to break in

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measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising"

Example sentences

At the gate, I would like the security guard to search my things.

The security guard was cool about it though.

The security services even called Greenwald to give him the news that his partner had been detained.

I guess my parents weren't smart enough to get a fake social security card for me back then, I wish they were.

If in the end you've improved the overall security landscape, you've succeeded.

There is a lot of good security work that has started inside the OpenBSD project, and I don't mean to talk any of that stuff down.

LinkedIn has had so many security issues, so much scummy behaviour regarding spam, user retention etc... yet you are still blessing them with your presence.

They built better tools, drilled security into every new hire all the way to the execs, made it a part of every engineering and product process imaginable.

But this is really very much a solution for the consumer market, where convenience and usability are critical features of a security system.

And it wont be that easy for people to follow it Another example [6]: The agency has urged hospitals to allow vendors to guide them on security of sophisticated devices.

For the year prior to leaving EnterAct, I had also been working with the OpenBSD project, mostly by writing all their security advisories, but also doing a bit of part-time security research.

SNI operated the world's first commercial vulnerability research team, and had a very close relationship with Theo; we had a full time employee who had essentially led the first OpenBSD security audit.

While it's encouraging to see such a thorough debunking of the latest security theater technology, it's always been security theater... Allow me a few quick anecdotes:My family is friends with a gentleman who was a green beret medic during Viet Nam, and later worked for the CIA.