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| − | + | [[Category:Issues]]The word [[security]] covers a wide range of issues: | |
* home security | * home security | ||
** intrusion prevention & detection | ** intrusion prevention & detection | ||
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** defense against open attack by known enemies | ** defense against open attack by known enemies | ||
** defense against terrorism (unexpected attack by unknown enemies) | ** defense against terrorism (unexpected attack by unknown enemies) | ||
| + | ===Myths=== | ||
| + | Some common but mistaken assumptions about security include [http://www.futurist.com/archives/society-and-culture/value-and-empowerment/]: | ||
| + | * that there is a basic, zero-sum tradeoff between safety and freedom: we can only augment one by diminishing the other | ||
| + | * that major incidents such as [[9/11]] only happen because of some kind of "security breakdown" requiring stringent fixes by a protective government | ||
| + | * that only professionals have a role to play in coping with 21st century dangers | ||
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==Related Pages== | ==Related Pages== | ||
* [[airport security]] | * [[airport security]] | ||
Revision as of 13:32, 15 April 2007
Overview
The word security covers a wide range of issues:
- home security
- intrusion prevention & detection
- fire prevention & detection
- disaster contingency plans (hurricanes, flooding)
- back-up utility systems (emergency water, electricity, heat, communications)
- personal security
- physical safety (especially anything not covered by "home security")
- identity safety (prevention and detection of unauthorized use of one's personal credentials)
- privacy (prevention and detection of unauthorized distribution of private information)
- "homeland security"
- defense against open attack by known enemies
- defense against terrorism (unexpected attack by unknown enemies)
Myths
Some common but mistaken assumptions about security include [1]:
- that there is a basic, zero-sum tradeoff between safety and freedom: we can only augment one by diminishing the other
- that major incidents such as 9/11 only happen because of some kind of "security breakdown" requiring stringent fixes by a protective government
- that only professionals have a role to play in coping with 21st century dangers
Related Pages
Links
Articles
- David Brin:
- 2001 (post-9/11): The value - and empowerment - of common citizens in an age of danger: on citizen empowerment as the best technique for homeland security
- 2005: on Sousveillance as a means of enhancing transparency: "...the most objectionable sections of the Patriot Act were not those portions allowing the FBI to see, or surveil, a little better. (How, in any event, will you prevent it?) Rather, the truly scary parts of that law were those removing oversight, supervision and the power of each well-informed citizen to hold public servants accountable."
News
- 2006-11-15 Amateur Videos Are Putting Official Abuse in New Light (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Sousveillance at work