Security
1. Etymology and Overview of Security:
- The word ‘secure’ originated from Latin ‘securus’ meaning freedom from anxiety.
- Security refers to the focus of a policy or discourse, which can be individuals, groups, objects, institutions, or ecosystems.
- The security context is the relationship between the referent and the environment.
- Security depends on both the environment and the referent’s capability to respond effectively.
2. Capabilities of Security Provision:
- Security provision includes coercive capabilities like projecting power, protective systems such as locks and antivirus software, warning systems like alarms and radars, and diplomatic and social actions for conflict prevention.
- The means of security provision vary widely and encompass a range of strategies and tools.
3. Effects and Perceptions of Security:
- Actions for security can have multiple effects, benefiting different referents or being temporary.
- Security actions may benefit one referent at the expense of another or can be ineffective or counterproductive.
- Perceptions of security can vary, with examples like the fear of death by natural disasters versus actual causes of mortality, or the visual deterrence effect of security systems.
4. Contested Approaches to Security:
- Security approaches are debated, with some focusing on protective and coercive capabilities while others emphasize building equitable relationships.
- Equitable relationships in security involve meeting fundamental needs and effective negotiation of differences.
- Different approaches to security can lead to varied outcomes and debates within the field.
5. Security Concepts and Related Topics:
- Security concepts include access control, assurance, authorization, cipher, and countermeasure.
- Related topics to security encompass peace, safety, security risk, and security convergence.
- Various organizations and experts contribute to the discourse on security, with references provided for further exploration and understanding.
Security is protection from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercion). Beneficiaries (technically referents) of security may be persons and social groups, objects and institutions, ecosystems, or any other entity or phenomenon vulnerable to unwanted change.
Security mostly refers to protection from hostile forces, but it has a wide range of other senses: for example, as the absence of harm (e.g., freedom from want); as the presence of an essential good (e.g., food security); as resilience against potential damage or harm (e.g. secure foundations); as secrecy (e.g., a secure telephone line); as containment (e.g., a secure room or cell); and as a state of mind (e.g., emotional security).
The term is also used to refer to acts and systems whose purpose may be to provide security (security company, security police, security forces, security service, security agency, security guard, cyber security systems, security cameras, remote guarding). Security can be physical and virtual.
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