Security : Safety 

In finance, a security is an instrument traded in the financial markets. See Securities.

In private security[?], security is the result of services provided to prevent, deter, detect and/or document crime, fire, disorder or violations of company rules. These services may be provided by a security guard or by alarms[?], security cameras[?], or as a routine part of the performance of every employee's duties (especially in smaller companies).

Compare with: National security

In telecommunication, the term security has the following meanings:

• A condition that results from the establishment and maintenance of protective measures that ensure a state of inviolability from hostile acts or influences.
• With respect to classified matter, the condition that prevents unauthorized persons from having access to official information that is safeguarded in the interests of national security.
• Measures taken by a military unit, an activity or installation to protect itself against all acts designed to, or which may, impair its effectiveness.

Sources: from Federal Standard 1037C and adapted from the Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms and from the Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

• When our expectations are met, we can say that quality has been met. When our expectations are met once and again, despite of errors, catastrophes and attacks which in principle could prevent our expectations to be met, we can say that security has been met. Security isn't falsable (Popper). We can prove than there has been a security failure, but we canīt prove that there hasn't. Security measures improve the likeliness of expectations to be met, and therefore improve security. With respect to classified matter there is an expectation of the classified matter to remain secret for as long as we wish. A control access system is the security measure that helps this expectation to be accomplished.

See also classified information, insecurity.

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