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Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002
SARFAESI Act, 2002 (Act 54 of 2002), India's law for securitisation, asset reconstruction and enforcement of security interest; lets secured creditors seize collateral without courts, registers ARCs with RBI, and hosts CERSAI.
Securitization
Securitization is the process of pooling loans and receivables and selling them to investors as asset-backed securities through a bankruptcy-remote SPV, with cash flows split into tranches of differing credit risk.
Securitization (international relations)
Securitization (international relations): Copenhagen School theory by Buzan and Wæver in which speech acts frame issues as existential threats, legitimized by audience acceptance; revised by the Paris School's practice-based account.
Securitize Corp.
Securitize Corp. is an American financial technology company, founded in 2017 by Carlos Domingo, that issues, manages, and trades tokenized securities and runs BlackRock's BUIDL fund.
Security
Security, in politics and international relations, is protection from threats to states and people; covers national versus human security, realism and the security dilemma, and current conflict trends.
Security (finance)
A security, also called a financial or investment security, is a tradable financial instrument representing debt or equity, defined by statute and judicial tests like the 1946 Howey test.
Security Account Manager
The Security Account Manager (SAM), also known as the SAM file, is the Windows registry database that stores credentials and password hashes for local user accounts.
Security agency
Security agency: a governmental organization conducting intelligence activities for internal state security, typically counterintelligence; domestic counterpart of foreign intelligence services. Examples: MI5, Germany's BfV, Israel's ISA, the FBI, and the former KGB.
Security alarm
Security alarm: assembly of intrusion sensors, control panel, and signaling (audible, visible, or silent) alerting occupants or a monitoring station. Covers PIR, ultrasonic, microwave, photoelectric detection, EN 50131 grades, false-alarm rates, and monitoring costs.
Security Assertion Markup Language
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an XML-based open standard developed by OASIS for exchanging security information, used mainly for web-based single sign-on in enterprise, government, and education.
Security Aviation Flight 45
Security Aviation Flight 45 (SVX45) was a Part 135 charter Cessna 441 Conquest II (N128EZ) flying Anchorage to Cape Newenham LRRS, Alaska. On August 20, 2026 it crashed in fog on a second instrument approach, killing all 8 aboard; NTSB case WPR26FA309 remains ongoing.
Security categories in India
Security categories in India: legally defined classes of private security personnel (armed and unarmed guards, supervisors, armoured car and cash transport services) under PSARA 2005, with licensing, training, verification, and workforce rules.
Security clearance
A security clearance is a formal government determination that a person may access classified information or hold a sensitive position, granted after a background investigation and typically requiring a demonstrated need to know.
Security controls
Security controls, also called IA controls, are safeguards protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and information, cataloged in frameworks such as NIST SP 800-53 and ISO/IEC 27001.
Security Council elections, 1946–1949
The Security Council elections of 1946–1949 were the first elections by which the UN General Assembly filled the Security Council's six non-permanent seats, held under a two-thirds voting threshold and an informal regional seat formula.
Security Council elections, 1980s
The Security Council elections, 1980s were the annual United Nations General Assembly votes filling half of the Council's ten non-permanent seats, including the 154-ballot Cuba-Colombia deadlock resolved by Mexico.
Security Council elections, 2000s
The Security Council elections of the 2000s were ten annual UN General Assembly votes filling five non-permanent Security Council seats each year from 2000 to 2009.
Security Council Resolutions 1566 and 1624
Security Council Resolutions 1566 and 1624 are UN counter-terrorism resolutions adopted in 2004 and 2005 that supplement Resolution 1373: 1566 created a working group and proposed a victim fund, while 1624 targets incitement to terrorism.
Security Council resolutions establishing the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
UN Security Council resolutions 808 (22 February 1993) and 827 (25 May 1993) established the ICTY under Chapter VII, the first UN war crimes court since Nuremberg and Tokyo, with jurisdiction over crimes in the former Yugoslavia after 1 January 1991.
Security Credential Management System
The Security Credential Management System (SCMS) is a public key infrastructure developed for the US Department of Transportation to secure vehicle-to-vehicle communication while protecting vehicle owners' privacy.
Security definitions for quantum key distribution
Security definitions for quantum key distribution are the mathematical criteria stating when a QKD protocol's key counts as secret, measured by trace distance with parameter ε.
Security deposit
Security deposit: refundable rent paid by tenants against damage and unpaid rent. Caps range from one month (Spain, France, Hawaii) to three months (Italy, Germany) or 5–6 weeks (UK); escrow, TDP schemes, interest, and return deadlines vary by jurisdiction.
Security engineering
Security engineering, also called information systems security engineering, applies scientific and engineering principles to build trustworthy systems that resist attack across their whole life cycle, guided by principles like least privilege.
Security guard
A security guard, also called a security officer, is a person employed to protect people, property, and assets by patrolling, monitoring alarms and surveillance, controlling access, and responding to emergencies.
Security hacker
A security hacker is a person who explores computer systems and networks, either to find and fix weaknesses (white hat) or to gain unauthorized access maliciously (black hat).
Security Identifier
A security identifier (SID), also called a Windows SID, is a variable-length value Windows uses to identify security principals such as accounts and groups in access control.
Security information and event management
Security information and event management (SIEM) is a class of software that collects and analyzes security event data from on-premises and cloud environments, a term Gartner coined in 2005.
Security management
Security management, also called security management studies, is the set of governance, risk, and operational activities by which an organization protects its information, systems, and services.
Security market line
The security market line (SML) is the graphical representation of the capital asset pricing model, plotting an asset's expected return against its beta, its sensitivity to market movements.
Security Measures
Security measures: protective actions, devices, procedures, and policies reducing vulnerability across physical, cyber, and administrative domains; assessed via CISA SAFE, NIST SP 800-171A, NFPA 730, and ISC standards.