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The illusion you pay for, then ignore until the day it saves you.
means The state of being protected from danger, loss, or threat — or the systems, measures, and reassurances put in place to provide that protection.
from From Latin securus, a tidy compound of se- 'without' and cura 'care, worry' — so to be secure was literally to be 'without care,' free from the gnawing anxiety of what might go wrong. It entered English in the 15th century via securitas, and you can still hear that root 'cura' in 'curate,' 'cure,' and 'curious.' The original sense was almost emotional — a calm mind — before it hardened into locks, guards, and passwords.
- weakest link
- Most breaches start with a human, not a hacker
- oldest lock
- Egyptian pin tumbler locks date back 4,000 years
- password truth
- 123456 remains among the most used passwords
- theater term
- Bruce Schneier coined the phrase security theater
- safe paradox
- More features often create more ways to break in
fort knox — u.s. army base in kentucky holding 147.3 million ounces of gold bullion
area 51 — highly classified u.s. air force facility in nevada for testing classified aircraft
the pentagon — u.s. department of defense headquarters in arlington with 10-mile perimeter fence
cheyenne mountain complex — underground military facility in colorado springs protecting norad with 2,000 feet of rock