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Advance Passenger Information System
The Advance Passenger Information System (APIS), also called Advanced Passenger Information System, is a system established for commercial airline and vessel operators by the United St...
The Advance Passenger Information System (APIS), also called Advanced Passenger Information System, is a system established for commercial airline and vessel operators by the United St...
Advance passenger information system
The advance passenger information system, also called advanced passenger information system, is a system established for commercial airline and vessel operators by the United States Custom...
The advance passenger information system, also called advanced passenger information system, is a system established for commercial airline and vessel operators by the United States Custom...
Advanced Passenger Information System
The Advanced Passenger Information System, also Advance Passenger Information System, is a system established for commercial airline and vessel operators by the United States Customs and B...
The Advanced Passenger Information System, also Advance Passenger Information System, is a system established for commercial airline and vessel operators by the United States Customs and B...
Compartmentalization (information security)
In matters concerning information security, whether public or private sector, compartmentalization is the limiting of access to information to persons or other entities who have a need to know i...
In matters concerning information security, whether public or private sector, compartmentalization is the limiting of access to information to persons or other entities who have a need to know i...
Computer security
Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks.
Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks.
Continuity of government
Continuity of government (COG) is the principle of establishing defined procedures that allow a government to continue its essential operations in case of nuclear war or other catastrophic...
Continuity of government (COG) is the principle of establishing defined procedures that allow a government to continue its essential operations in case of nuclear war or other catastrophic...
Counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism is the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, militaries, police departments and corporations adopt to attack terrorist threats and/or acts, both real...
Counter-terrorism is the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, militaries, police departments and corporations adopt to attack terrorist threats and/or acts, both real...
Critical infrastructure
Critical infrastructure is a term used by governments to describe assets that are essential for the functioning of a society and economy.
Critical infrastructure is a term used by governments to describe assets that are essential for the functioning of a society and economy.
Curfew
A curfew is an order specifying a time after which certain regulations apply.
A curfew is an order specifying a time after which certain regulations apply.
Curfew bell
The curfew bell was a bell rung in the evening in Medieval times as the signal for everyone to go to bed.
The curfew bell was a bell rung in the evening in Medieval times as the signal for everyone to go to bed.
Cyber spying
Cyber spying or Cyber espionage is the act or practice of obtaining secrets without the permission of the holder of the information (personal, sensitive, proprietary or of classified natur...
Cyber spying or Cyber espionage is the act or practice of obtaining secrets without the permission of the holder of the information (personal, sensitive, proprietary or of classified natur...
Death squad
A death squad is an armed military, police, insurgent, or terrorist squad that conducts extrajudicial killings, assassinations, and forced disappearances of persons as part of a war, insurgency ...
A death squad is an armed military, police, insurgent, or terrorist squad that conducts extrajudicial killings, assassinations, and forced disappearances of persons as part of a war, insurgency ...
Defence policy
Defence policy is public policy dealing with international security and the military.
Defence policy is public policy dealing with international security and the military.
E-qip
e-QIP is a secure website managed by the United States Office of Personnel Management that is designed to automate the common security questionnaires used to process federal background investiga...
e-QIP is a secure website managed by the United States Office of Personnel Management that is designed to automate the common security questionnaires used to process federal background investiga...
e-QIP
e-QIP is a secure website managed by the United States Office of Personnel Management that is designed to automate the common security questionnaires used to process federal background investiga...
e-QIP is a secure website managed by the United States Office of Personnel Management that is designed to automate the common security questionnaires used to process federal background investiga...
Elements of national security
The umbrella concept of national security has a number of component elements which, when individually satisfied, provide a nation with security of its values, interests and freedom to choo...
The umbrella concept of national security has a number of component elements which, when individually satisfied, provide a nation with security of its values, interests and freedom to choo...
Energy security
Energy security is a term for an association between national security and the availability of natural resources for energy consumption.
Energy security is a term for an association between national security and the availability of natural resources for energy consumption.
Environmental security
Environmental security examines the threat posed by environmental events and trends to national power, as well as the impact of human conflict and international relations on the environment.
Environmental security examines the threat posed by environmental events and trends to national power, as well as the impact of human conflict and international relations on the environment.
Failure in the intelligence cycle
Failure in the intelligence cycle or intelligence failure, is the outcome of the inadequacies within the intelligence cycle.
Failure in the intelligence cycle or intelligence failure, is the outcome of the inadequacies within the intelligence cycle.
Ghost detainee
Ghost detainee is an official term used by the US Government to designate a person held in a detention center, whose identity has been hidden by keeping them unregistered and therefore anonymous.
Ghost detainee is an official term used by the US Government to designate a person held in a detention center, whose identity has been hidden by keeping them unregistered and therefore anonymous.
Greek wiretapping case 2004-2005
The Greek wiretapping case of 2004-2005, also referred to as Greek Watergate, involved the illegal tapping of more than 100 mobile phones on the Vodafone Greece network belonging mostly to...
The Greek wiretapping case of 2004-2005, also referred to as Greek Watergate, involved the illegal tapping of more than 100 mobile phones on the Vodafone Greece network belonging mostly to...
Greek wiretapping case 2004–2005
The Greek wiretapping case of 2004-2005, also referred to as Greek Watergate, involved the illegal tapping of more than 100 mobile phones on the Vodafone Greece network belonging mostly to...
The Greek wiretapping case of 2004-2005, also referred to as Greek Watergate, involved the illegal tapping of more than 100 mobile phones on the Vodafone Greece network belonging mostly to...
High policing
High policing is a form of intelligence-led policing that serves to protect the national government or a conglomerate of national governments from internal threats; that is, any policing operati...
High policing is a form of intelligence-led policing that serves to protect the national government or a conglomerate of national governments from internal threats; that is, any policing operati...
Home safety
Home safety refers to the awareness and education of risks and potential dangers in and around a home which may cause bodily harm, injury, or death to those residing in and around the physical s...
Home safety refers to the awareness and education of risks and potential dangers in and around a home which may cause bodily harm, injury, or death to those residing in and around the physical s...
Information sensitivity
Information sensitivity is the control of access to information or knowledge that might result in loss of an advantage or level of security if disclosed to others who might have low or unknown t...
Information sensitivity is the control of access to information or knowledge that might result in loss of an advantage or level of security if disclosed to others who might have low or unknown t...
Infrastructure security
Infrastructure security is the security provided to protect infrastructure, especially critical infrastructure, such as airports, highways rail transport, hospitals, bridges, transport hubs, ne...
Infrastructure security is the security provided to protect infrastructure, especially critical infrastructure, such as airports, highways rail transport, hospitals, bridges, transport hubs, ne...
International Trade and State Security
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND STATE SECURITY International economic structures range from complete autarky to complete market openness.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND STATE SECURITY International economic structures range from complete autarky to complete market openness.
International trade and state security
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES REALISM Robert Gilpin and Stephen Krasner are advocates of the realist tradition, which emphasises the hegemonic system.
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES REALISM Robert Gilpin and Stephen Krasner are advocates of the realist tradition, which emphasises the hegemonic system.
Lawfare
Lawfare is a form of asymmetric warfare.
Lawfare is a form of asymmetric warfare.
Mass surveillance
Mass surveillance is the pervasive surveillance of an entire population, or a substantial fraction thereof.
Mass surveillance is the pervasive surveillance of an entire population, or a substantial fraction thereof.
Military security
Military security implies the capability of a nation-state to defend itself, and/or deter military aggression.
Military security implies the capability of a nation-state to defend itself, and/or deter military aggression.
National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check
National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check (NACLC) is a type of background check required in the United States for granting of security clearances.
National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check (NACLC) is a type of background check required in the United States for granting of security clearances.
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism
The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) is a counter-terrorism research center based at the University of Maryland, College Park.
The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) is a counter-terrorism research center based at the University of Maryland, College Park.
National Risk Register
The National Risk Register is a report released by the Cabinet Office in August 2008 as part of the British government's National Security Strategy.
The National Risk Register is a report released by the Cabinet Office in August 2008 as part of the British government's National Security Strategy.
National security
National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic, diplomacy, power projection and political power.
National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic, diplomacy, power projection and political power.
Natural security
Natural security is an area of study within the field of national security.
Natural security is an area of study within the field of national security.
No-hearing hearings
No-hearing hearings is the title of a study published by Professor Mark P. Denbeaux of the Seton Hall University School of Law, his son Joshua Denbeaux, and some of his law students, on October ...
No-hearing hearings is the title of a study published by Professor Mark P. Denbeaux of the Seton Hall University School of Law, his son Joshua Denbeaux, and some of his law students, on October ...
Patriot hacking
Patriot hacking is a term for computer hacking or system cracking in which citizens or supporters of a country, traditionally industrialized Western countries but increasingly developing countri...
Patriot hacking is a term for computer hacking or system cracking in which citizens or supporters of a country, traditionally industrialized Western countries but increasingly developing countri...
Patriotic hacking
Patriotic hacking is a term for computer hacking or system cracking in which citizens or supporters of a country, traditionally industrialized Western countries but increasingly developing count...
Patriotic hacking is a term for computer hacking or system cracking in which citizens or supporters of a country, traditionally industrialized Western countries but increasingly developing count...
Peace through strength
"Peace through Strength®" is a conservative slogan and the registered trademark of the American Security Council Foundation supporting military strength for the purpose of creating peaceful inte...
"Peace through Strength®" is a conservative slogan and the registered trademark of the American Security Council Foundation supporting military strength for the purpose of creating peaceful inte...
Phone surveillance
Phone surveillance is the act of performing surveillance of phone conversations, location tracking and data monitoring of a phone.
Phone surveillance is the act of performing surveillance of phone conversations, location tracking and data monitoring of a phone.
Physical security
Physical security describes measures that are designed to deny access to unauthorized personnel (including attackers or even accidental intruders) from physically accessing a building, facility,...
Physical security describes measures that are designed to deny access to unauthorized personnel (including attackers or even accidental intruders) from physically accessing a building, facility,...
Police
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property, and limit civil disorder.
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property, and limit civil disorder.
Postal censorship
Postal censorship is the inspection or examination of mail, most often by governments.
Postal censorship is the inspection or examination of mail, most often by governments.
Potentially dangerous taxpayer
A Potentially dangerous taxpayer (PDT) is a designation assigned to taxpayers of the United States of America who have demonstrated a capacity for violence against employees of the Internal Reve...
A Potentially dangerous taxpayer (PDT) is a designation assigned to taxpayers of the United States of America who have demonstrated a capacity for violence against employees of the Internal Reve...
Predictive profiling
Predictive profiling is a method of threat assessment designed to predict and categorize the potential for criminal and/or terrorist methods of operation based on an observed behavior, informati...
Predictive profiling is a method of threat assessment designed to predict and categorize the potential for criminal and/or terrorist methods of operation based on an observed behavior, informati...
Presumed security
Presumed security is a principle in security engineering that a system is safe from attack due to an attacker assuming, on the basis of probability, that it is secure.
Presumed security is a principle in security engineering that a system is safe from attack due to an attacker assuming, on the basis of probability, that it is secure.
Proactive Cyber Defence
Proactive Cyber Defence means acting in anticipation to oppose an attack against computers and networks.
Proactive Cyber Defence means acting in anticipation to oppose an attack against computers and networks.
Read into
The process of being read into a compartmented program generally entails being approved for access to particularly sensitive and restricted information about a classified program, receiving a br...
The process of being read into a compartmented program generally entails being approved for access to particularly sensitive and restricted information about a classified program, receiving a br...
Resilience (organizational)
Resilience is defined as “the positive ability of a system or company to adapt itself to the consequences of a catastrophic failure caused by power outage, a fire, a bomb or similar” event.
Resilience is defined as “the positive ability of a system or company to adapt itself to the consequences of a catastrophic failure caused by power outage, a fire, a bomb or similar” event.
Rule by decree
Rule by decree is a style of governance allowing quick, unchallenged creation of law by a single person or group, and is used primarily by dictators and absolute monarchs, although philosophers ...
Rule by decree is a style of governance allowing quick, unchallenged creation of law by a single person or group, and is used primarily by dictators and absolute monarchs, although philosophers ...
Secret police
Secret police are a police agency which operates in secrecy and beyond the law to protect the political power of an individual dictator or an authoritarian political regime.
Secret police are a police agency which operates in secrecy and beyond the law to protect the political power of an individual dictator or an authoritarian political regime.
Secret service
A secret service describes a government agency, or the activities of a government agency, concerned with the gathering of intelligence data.
A secret service describes a government agency, or the activities of a government agency, concerned with the gathering of intelligence data.
Securitate
The Securitate was the secret police agency of Communist Romania.
The Securitate was the secret police agency of Communist Romania.
Security agency
A security agency is an organization which conducts intelligence activities for the internal security of a nation, state or organization.
A security agency is an organization which conducts intelligence activities for the internal security of a nation, state or organization.
Security clearance
A security clearance is a status granted to individuals allowing them access to classified information, i.e., state secrets, or to restricted areas after completion of a thorough background check.
A security clearance is a status granted to individuals allowing them access to classified information, i.e., state secrets, or to restricted areas after completion of a thorough background check.
Security engineering
Security engineering is a specialized field of engineering that focuses on the security aspects in the design of systems that need to be able to deal robustly with possible sources of disruption...
Security engineering is a specialized field of engineering that focuses on the security aspects in the design of systems that need to be able to deal robustly with possible sources of disruption...
Security sector reform
Security Sector Reform (SSR) is a concept to reform or rebuild a state's security sector that emerged first in the 1990s in Eastern Europe.
Security Sector Reform (SSR) is a concept to reform or rebuild a state's security sector that emerged first in the 1990s in Eastern Europe.
Sensitive security information
Sensitive Security Information or SSI is sensitive but unclassified information obtained or developed in the conduct of security activities, the public disclosure of which would constitute...
Sensitive Security Information or SSI is sensitive but unclassified information obtained or developed in the conduct of security activities, the public disclosure of which would constitute...
Single Scope Background Investigation
A Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) is a type of United States security clearance investigation required for Top Secret, SCI and Q access, and involves agents contacting employe...
A Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) is a type of United States security clearance investigation required for Top Secret, SCI and Q access, and involves agents contacting employe...
Sky marshal
A sky marshal is an undercover law enforcement or counter terrorist agent on board a commercial aircraft to counter aircraft hijackings.
A sky marshal is an undercover law enforcement or counter terrorist agent on board a commercial aircraft to counter aircraft hijackings.
Special Intelligence Department
The Special Intelligence Department is headed by the Police Brigadier Generals of the Union of Myanmar.
The Special Intelligence Department is headed by the Police Brigadier Generals of the Union of Myanmar.
Stovepiping
Stovepiping is a metaphorical term which recalls a stovepipe's function as an isolated vertical conduit, and has been used, in the context of intelligence, to describe several ways in which raw ...
Stovepiping is a metaphorical term which recalls a stovepipe's function as an isolated vertical conduit, and has been used, in the context of intelligence, to describe several ways in which raw ...
Surveillance
Surveillance ( or ) is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people for the purpose of influencing, managing, directing, or protecting.
Surveillance ( or ) is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people for the purpose of influencing, managing, directing, or protecting.
Synthetic Environment for Analysis and Simulations
Purdue University's Synthetic Environment for Analysis and Simulations, or SEAS, is currently being used by Homeland Security and the US Defense Department to simulate crises on the US mainland.
Purdue University's Synthetic Environment for Analysis and Simulations, or SEAS, is currently being used by Homeland Security and the US Defense Department to simulate crises on the US mainland.
Targeted killing
Targeted killing is the intentional killing, by a government or its agents, of a civilian or "unlawful combatant" targeted by the government, who is not in the government's custody.
Targeted killing is the intentional killing, by a government or its agents, of a civilian or "unlawful combatant" targeted by the government, who is not in the government's custody.
Targeted Killing in International Law
Targeted Killing in International Law is a book about the legality of targeted killing, written by Nils Melzer.
Targeted Killing in International Law is a book about the legality of targeted killing, written by Nils Melzer.
The Memory Hole (web site)
The Memory Hole was a website edited by Russ Kick; first launched on July 10, 2002, last post on May 11, 2009.
The Memory Hole was a website edited by Russ Kick; first launched on July 10, 2002, last post on May 11, 2009.
Titan Rain
Titan Rain was the designation given by the federal government of the United States to a series of coordinated attacks on American computer systems since 2003.
Titan Rain was the designation given by the federal government of the United States to a series of coordinated attacks on American computer systems since 2003.
Treason
In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation.
In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation.
Unlawful combatant
An unlawful combatant or unprivileged combatant/belligerent is a civilian who directly engages in armed conflict in violation of International Humanitarian Law and may be detained or prose...
An unlawful combatant or unprivileged combatant/belligerent is a civilian who directly engages in armed conflict in violation of International Humanitarian Law and may be detained or prose...
WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks is an international, online, self-described not-for-profit organisation publishing submissions of private, secret, and classified media from anonymous news sources, news leaks, and whi...
WikiLeaks is an international, online, self-described not-for-profit organisation publishing submissions of private, secret, and classified media from anonymous news sources, news leaks, and whi...