Etymology

The term "safe" didn't make its way into the English language until the 16th century.
[1] It comes from the Latin word securus, which means "freedom from concern." The word is composed of the
prefix se (without) and the suffix cura (care, anxiety). [1]

Overview \sReferent
A prospective beneficiary (or victim) of a security policy or system is an example of a security referent. A
security referent is the center of attention in a security discourse or policy.

Referents for security might be individuals or social groups; items; institutions; ecosystems; or any other
phenomena that is susceptible to unwelcome change as a result of the influences of its surrounding environment.

[2] The referent in issue could be formed of a number of other referents, much as how a country state, for
instance, is made up of a large number of different individuals. [3]

Context
The interactions that exist between a security referent and its surroundings make up what is known as the
security context.
[2] According to this point of view, security and insecurity are dependent, first and foremost, on whether the
environment is advantageous or hostile to the referent, and secondly, on how competent the referent is of
reacting to its or their environment in order to live and prosper. [3]

Capabilities
There is a vast range of variety in the ways that a referent either gives or is given with security. These are some
examples of them:

Coercive capabilities, include the capability to project coercive force into the environment (for example, an
aircraft carrier, handguns, and weapons);
Security measures and safeguards (e.g. lock, fence, wall, antivirus software, air defence system, armour)
Warning systems (e.g. alarm, radar)
Diplomatic and social action designed to forestall the emergence of insecurity (such as conflict transformation
and preventive techniques), and policy aimed at fostering the long-term growth of economic, physical,
ecological, and other factors favorable to security (e.g. economic reform, ecological protection, progressive
demilitarization, militarization).
Effects There is a chance that more than one consequence will result from each action taken with the intention
of enhancing security. An activity, for instance, may have a broad benefit, boosting the security of several or all
security referents in the context; conversely, the action may be successful just momentarily, or help one referent
at the price of another, or be wholly ineffective or counterproductive.

Methods that have been debated

The ways in which security should be approached are controversial and a topic of discussion. For instance, in
the ongoing discussion on national security plans, there are many who maintain that security is primarily
dependent on the development of protective and coercive capacities in order to safeguard the security referent in
an unfriendly environment (and potentially to project that power into its environment, and dominate it to the
point of strategic supremacy). [4] [5] [6] Others contend that achieving security is primarily dependent on
creating the conditions under which equitable relationships can develop. This can be accomplished, at least in
part, by lessening hostility between actors, making certain that fundamental needs can be satisfied, and ensuring
that differences in interests can be effectively negotiated. [7] [3] [8]